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When your government is spending nearly half a trillion dollars a year, calling a $90 billion deficit prudence, spewing $300 billion for frigates we won't see for a decade, and taking $5 billion and three decades to fix a building, you might think six grand a night for a hotel room is a bagatelle. The prime minister certainly does, as he sneeringly refuses even to admit it was him.
For Queen Elizabeth's funeral, the federal government spent $350,000 renting rooms at the super-luxury Corinthia hotel in London for less than a week. Including $30k so someone could spend five nights in the "River Suite," at 904 square feet nearly as large as my cottage but, unlike my cottage, featuring "complimentary butler service" and a marble bathroom with under-floor heating, bathtub with built-in TV, and separate rain shower....