Taxing the Dead!

Liverpool Councilâs Spring Sale of cremations is about to end â from the 1st April the price will increase by £156 â those council tenants who thought all their Christmasâs had come at once when they were relocated from Scotland Road to leafy Kirby, which unfortunately doesnât have its own crematorium, will suffer a double penalty, their bill as non-city residents will double to £1,298.
A spokesman for Liverpool Council said (with a dead straight face):
âThe unprecedented cuts in funding made setting the councilâs budget extremely challenging and there was a determination to protect frontline services where possible.
Donât all rush at once now! Form an orderly queue.
March 13, 2011 at 06:05
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Hmmm, interestingâ¦.
March 10,
2011 at 09:00
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I couldnât find a match for the incendiary puns above, but may I offer this
from a Birmingham City Council press release last year?
â The council has also identified several areas where it can increase
its revenue. These include looking at what can be done to increase revenues at
its cemeteries and crematoriaâ¦â
March 10, 2011 at 09:58
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If itâs Sandwell thereâs no guarantee that the human fuel will have
expired before they incinerate it.
March 9, 2011 at 20:16
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Maybe Liverpoolâs cremation costs could be reduced if they followed
Redditchâs example:-
https://www.annaraccoon.com/reflections/death/
March 9, 2011 at 23:35
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Not possible. There are already three streets of terraced houses
unofficially tapped into the waste heat from the crem. Theyâd reheat their
take-aways there as well if they could find a shovel with a long enough
handle.
March 9, 2011 at 20:04
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Theyâd better not cremate me. The whole place will go up like a Molotov
Cocktail!
March 9, 2011 at 19:59
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A grave error
Have Mersey on the poor people
Local urban decay â
cirrhosis of the Liver Building
March 9, 2011 at 19:57
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March 9, 2011 at 20:07
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The Doors would be indispensible, with âCâmon baby light my fireâ.
Followed by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown â âFireâ
March 9, 2011 at 21:19
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Bravo!
March 9, 2011 at 18:47
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Biers all round!
March 9, 2011 at 17:54
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Bombfire of the Quangoes, itâll all end in Tiers
March 9, 2011 at 17:14
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Pah! These councils have money to burn. Let the pyre bewareâ¦
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