British people. Will you celebrate?

@MartinII The reason why beer is so expensive in Norway is mainly due to [u]heavy[/u] taxation. Regular beer is taxed at 22.4 NOK per liter, [u]in addition to the other taxes[/u] such as VAT at 25 %. This means that if you pay 30 NOK for a 1/2 L can of beer, you first have to remove the 25 % VAT, that gives [b]22.5 NOK[/b]. Then we have to subtract the 11.2 (half of 22.4) NOK for the alcohol fee. This leaves you with a price of [b]11.3 NOK[/b] for the beer after all taxes have been removed.
So in other words, when you buy a beer for 30 NOK in Norway, 18.7 NOK (almost 2/3) goes directly to the government, while only 11.3 NOK goes towards the grocery store, and the beer producer.

Of course, those heavy taxes are only in our own best interest. The government know what's good for us.

@helenS Of course they do!

@MartinII A Nanny state is what we all need. 😐

@ArishMell Does that mean he became King the moment Queen Elizabeth II died??

@helenS [quote]Does that mean he became King the moment Queen Elizabeth II died??[/quote]
Yes. It works that way in the UK (and those Commonwealth nations who have the monarch of the UK as head of state) and Norway and I think most European countries now. It used to be different in the Holy Roman Empire; the monarch was elected but not by universal suffrage of course, just by a small group of high nobles and the pool of candidates was exceedingly small.

@ninalanyon Thank you, ninalanyon!!! 🌷

@Fairydust You are probably right but I definitely don't believe in guilt by association.
Hopefully all the creeps will get found out.

@Scarfface

I hope so! It’s rife.

@Fairydust King Charles i A,Pedo ?

@redredred Good point.

@SW-User Love those guysz

@Strictmichael75 Why should their wills be made public? Those are family matters; no business of yours, mine or the newspapers.

Also the monarch of the UK does not rule the country. Government and Parliament do that.

@ArishMell I never said the monarchy rules but interfere in laws being made in the uk, their wills as far as being sealed shows they don’t want people to know the extent of their riches, normal peoples wills are not sealed!

@Strictmichael75 Why should we know their private riches - though they are probably not the richest Britons now. Why should we know what are in their wills? Are you going to publish yours on here? No, I don't suppose you are, and neither am I.

@MrBrownstone No one likes Dumbo Ears.

@Nimbus Actually, I guess the majority of the population do, to some degree at least.

@MartinII I think the majority of people are probably neutral on the subject and if pressed might comment that they have more important things to think about.

@LeopoldBloom Reported.

@MrBrownstone Congratulations. Except reporting anyone results in an immediate monthlong block, and I can still see you. Unless you reported me on one of your alt accounts.

@LeopoldBloom Incorrect.

@Roundandroundwego Money wise,especially.

@Roundandroundwego Royalty, perhaps, but monarchy certainly can.

@Stereoguy What do you think he stands for?