You could buy
You can buy one of the following:
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Taxpayer funding of UK political parties
Yearly spending for policy development for £2 million (CLP1,536 million) from electoral_comission -
Enough gold leaf to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of gold leaf for US$2,879 thousand (CLP1,441 million) from amazon
Buy all billionaires
You can buy each US-dollar billionaire one of the following items:
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duck islands
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 (CLP1,263 thousand) from wikipedia
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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1 Enough gold leaf to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of gold leaf for US$2,879 thousand (CLP1,441 million) from amazon -
1 Thumb
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (CLP11,520 thousand) from source -
1 Nissan Micra
Car for £7,820 (CLP6,005 thousand) -
2 thousand UK Television Licenses
1 Year colour television license, 2011 for £145.50 (CLP111,700) from bbc -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 (CLP66,940) from source