<![CDATA[This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people.]]>This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. I'm sure the same cannot be said for the MoJ.

Bristol artist Banksy's works cost taxpayers nearly £150k

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2vnny7j5zo

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/c19ef743-e4bb-44f9-9184-51c50dea0071/this-weird-attempt-to-try-and-smear-banksy-only-highlights-that-the-moj-spent-an-absolute-fortune-washing-a-bit-of-paint-off-a-wall-from-an-artist-much-loved-by-most-people.RSS for NodeFri, 14 Aug 2026 01:09:24 GMTSun, 09 Aug 2026 12:43:10 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:14:00 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey If many tourists come to see Banksy's art then by removing the art, the government not only wasted money but forfeited money that tourists would have spent to come see it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.nyc/users/Star12Mt/statuses/117066435160521856https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.nyc/users/Star12Mt/statuses/117066435160521856Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:14:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:06:48 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey I think the crime was the £150k. It's like the US's $15 million pool liner fiasco.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/117066406832778090https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/117066406832778090Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:06:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:06:28 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey

"Bureaucracy costs taxpayers nearly £150K removing Banksy's art"

Fixed it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/CTHW/statuses/117066405514087507https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/CTHW/statuses/117066405514087507Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:06:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:59:32 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey I'm not sure this was taken down yet. Took the photo a few weeks ago.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Skye/statuses/117066378307760567https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Skye/statuses/117066378307760567Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:59:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:39:48 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey

Banksy's art is free.

Real title: Bristol spends nearly £150k of taxpayer money to destroy artwork without cause.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sciences.social/users/jmcclure/statuses/117066300660084382https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sciences.social/users/jmcclure/statuses/117066300660084382Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:39:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:34:41 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey Says more about the efficiency of public spending than anything else, tbh.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twit.social/users/davidbcohen/statuses/117066280553424650https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twit.social/users/davidbcohen/statuses/117066280553424650Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:34:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:30:01 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey I now understand why the people who don't like him feel that way. What a senseless waste of everyone's time. I'm quite sure that if I drew No Love Deep Web all over public buildings, no less a court of law, the authorities would quite rightly have some questions for me.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/UltrasonicMadness/statuses/117066262191259755https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/UltrasonicMadness/statuses/117066262191259755Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:30:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:29:19 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey So planting a food chain by his work, justifies breathtaking art?..

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/115691859295411580/statuses/117066259460756280https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/115691859295411580/statuses/117066259460756280Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:29:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:09:13 GMT]]>@BashStKid @TheBreadmonkey
Part of the problem is confusing Jewish folk with Zionists. Most religious Jews are anti-Zionists, the government in Israel by and large are not religious and are Zionists. Outside of that you don't have to be jewish to be a Zionist.
Zionism is a movement of colonial land grabbing and extermination of the indigenous

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/Christo_459/statuses/117066180422153991https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/Christo_459/statuses/117066180422153991Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:09:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:00:10 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey The Westminster Government spent £150 000 Destroying Masterpieces 🤷

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116849936760445811/statuses/117066144813472933https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116849936760445811/statuses/117066144813472933Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:00:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:53:35 GMT]]>@dtm @TheBreadmonkey @eco_amandine Ministry of Injustice . Fuckin terrorist Granny's . They will be the death o the Injustice department 🤞

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116849936760445811/statuses/117066118974322575https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116849936760445811/statuses/117066118974322575Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:53:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:49:16 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey

If an organisation spends £85k to remove approx 2msq of paint from a stone building, people should be asking serious questions of their competence.

If that organisation is the MoJ, people should also ask if the organisation understands the intent of habeas corpus.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://spore.social/users/houba/statuses/117066101988794884https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://spore.social/users/houba/statuses/117066101988794884Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:49:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:46:55 GMT]]>@Akki@toot.lgbt @TheBreadmonkey@beige.party IDK, the current British government sure seems fascist to me as an American dissident.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://calckeymusic.social/notes/apphd1imbh5kzeiuhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://calckeymusic.social/notes/apphd1imbh5kzeiuSun, 09 Aug 2026 14:46:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:42:55 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey My Aunt Dolly woulda done it for nuffink.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Nickiquote/statuses/117066076999837346https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Nickiquote/statuses/117066076999837346Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:42:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:40:40 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey @eco_amandine

Read the room just a little better. We like Banksy and don’t have any faith in the MoJ.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.cc/ap/users/115832535183301911/statuses/117066068163766627https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.cc/ap/users/115832535183301911/statuses/117066068163766627Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:40:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:33:44 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey On a street art tour in London, we passed a Banksy piece that the city had covered with plexiglass to preserve it…because they know Banksy’s work draws valuable tourism. I wonder what’s so different about piranhas on a police box or a magister beating a protester on a court wall 🤔 I just can’t figure it out 🤔🤔🤔

(Also, they’re including £60k for *protecting* a different piece in that £150k?? Why does a statue need a security guard?)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://urbanists.social/users/quietewe/statuses/117066040915898533https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://urbanists.social/users/quietewe/statuses/117066040915898533Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:33:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:27:27 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey @trending they could have CHARGED ADMISSION TO SEE IT ffs (sorry for yelling)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/akamran/statuses/117066016203369297https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/akamran/statuses/117066016203369297Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:27:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:26:47 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey Taxpayers are really lucky, that such a ridicule expense brings in return so fine and timely art pieces.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/ap/users/116092650648397225/statuses/117066013562308621https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/ap/users/116092650648397225/statuses/117066013562308621Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:26:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:22:25 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey Now show the amount of £ generated by tourism to see Banksy art?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/IcooIey/statuses/117065996419402255https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/IcooIey/statuses/117065996419402255Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:22:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:14:36 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey they’re butthurt and they should be because an artist is doing a better job pointing out their shortcomings than they are

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/cyberquixote/statuses/117065965637552790https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/cyberquixote/statuses/117065965637552790Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:14:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:02:23 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey "is likely to reignite debate over whether Banksy's work is vandalism or valuable public art"
I believe the only question that should be reignited in such case is efficiency of spending the taxpayers money. 😕

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/torf/statuses/117065917632409467https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/torf/statuses/117065917632409467Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:02:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:01:33 GMT]]>@bencurthoys @TheBreadmonkey can someone tell them I'd have a go for £140,000.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/FourT4/statuses/117065914352575588https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/FourT4/statuses/117065914352575588Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:01:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:50:46 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey
Meanwhile, people in ( ) pay an entrance fee to see his art:

https://www.mystery-banksy.fi/en/

Paying a fortune to remove a probably valuable piece of art seems to be part of what the artist intended to demonstrate - unappropriate application of power.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/ap/users/116199063459343490/statuses/117065871980871649https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/ap/users/116199063459343490/statuses/117065871980871649Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:50:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This weird attempt to try and smear Banksy only highlights that the MoJ spent an absolute fortune washing a bit of paint off a wall from an artist much loved by most people. on Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:33:13 GMT]]>@TheBreadmonkey "Being a bunch of dicks with Banksy's paintings costs the taxpayers £150.000"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/Erebus_Amauro/statuses/117065802928484701https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/Erebus_Amauro/statuses/117065802928484701Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:33:13 GMT