US diplomats add a moat to their expenses at $1bn London embassyUncle Sam | 207905 hits | Feb 26 6:24 am | Posted by: commanderkai  The United States has unveiled plans for its new $1 billion high-security embassy in London � the most expensive it has ever built.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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I like that the architect is incorporating a Faraday cage into the design, thats pretty clever.
Also there's this little bit of BS:
Under international law an Embassy and the residences of key staff and the property of a head of state are the sovereign soil of the nation to which it belongs. Therefore, the Embassy is NOT in the UK and the US is correct in not having to pay any taxes to any level of government in the UK.
If the Brits wish to dispense with that diplomatic nicety I'm sure that Washington, DC will be pleased to send them a property tax bill and then the Queen can start paying taxes on her vast holdings in Kentucky and Wyoming.
Under international law an Embassy and the residences of key staff and the property of a head of state are the sovereign soil of the nation to which it belongs. Therefore, the Embassy is NOT in the UK and the US is correct in not having to pay any taxes to any level of government in the UK.
Right you are!
It's not a moat, it's a pond. A moat would surround the building.
True, but I thought it was a hilarious article, if not totally factual.
It's not a moat, it's a pond. A moat would surround the building.
I like that the architect is incorporating a Faraday cage into the design, thats pretty clever.
Also there's this little bit of BS:
Under international law an Embassy and the residences of key staff and the property of a head of state are the sovereign soil of the nation to which it belongs. Therefore, the Embassy is NOT in the UK and the US is correct in not having to pay any taxes to any level of government in the UK.
If the Brits wish to dispense with that diplomatic nicety I'm sure that Washington, DC will be pleased to send them a property tax bill and then the Queen can start paying taxes on her vast holdings in Kentucky and Wyoming.
What ever you want to call it a moat or a pond it still looks infinitly better
than that increadibly ugly thing they put up in front od the American Embassy in
Ottawa. That concrete structure looks uglier than the Berlin Wall was.
It's not a moat, it's a pond. A moat would surround the building.
I like that the architect is incorporating a Faraday cage into the design, thats pretty clever.
Also there's this little bit of BS:
Under international law an Embassy and the residences of key staff and the property of a head of state are the sovereign soil of the nation to which it belongs. Therefore, the Embassy is NOT in the UK and the US is correct in not having to pay any taxes to any level of government in the UK.
If the Brits wish to dispense with that diplomatic nicety I'm sure that Washington, DC will be pleased to send them a property tax bill and then the Queen can start paying taxes on her vast holdings in Kentucky and Wyoming.
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!!
Obviously still an unresloved issue between the Americans and the Crown.