You know salt beef is the cow equivalent of bacon.
Sorta Jewish bacon.
I read the news today oh boy! Page 632
Salt beef is also great. Anything normally accompanied by gherkins is great.
Who are these utter f***ing bastards who want to 'give' the Queen another bloody yacht!!!! Don't they know about all the poor bastards who can't get jobs to live decent lives? She's about 95 for God's sake. Why would she need a bloody boat? Let her buy it herself.
What feckin' planet is Michael Gove on ?
Quote: keewik @ January 15 2012, 11:41 PM GMTWho are these utter f***ing bastards who want to 'give' the Queen another bloody yacht!!!! Don't they know about all the poor bastards who can't get jobs to live decent lives? She's about 95 for God's sake. Why would she need a bloody boat? Let her buy it herself.
Well she hasn't actually got that much money almost all of the palaces etc are in trust to the nation.
She uses it to visit foreign places, fly the flag and drum up business for our ailing industry. Not to mention maintain good relations with countries who hate our elected government.
It's good value really.
From The Guardian comments column . .
'As with the last one, the main purpose would be to support British interests around the world. It makes a very good base for promoting business and trade links.
The old one was excellent value for money
They've already tried that. It was called "the Andrew". It was costly, seriously faulty and proved a complete waste of money. It's been scrapped already.'
The old one's main purpose was as a vital component in Britain's ability to maintain government after a nuclear apocalyse.
Seriously the Russians had a hollowed out mountain, the Americans airforce 1 jets and we had a big yacht,
Rule Britannia!
She's got plenty of money - she's a millionaire. And how much business is she capable of drumming up at her age? Unlike other pensioners, she gets paid the same as ever, though able (as with all of us) to do less and less work the older she gets.
And by the way, 'a big yacht' that they used for their bloody holidays. Grrr! I nearly hurled a stool at the TV last night when I saw this.
Quote: sootyj @ January 16 2012, 9:48 AM GMTWell she hasn't actually got that much money almost all of the palaces etc are in trust to the nation.
She uses it to visit foreign places, fly the flag and drum up business for our ailing industry. Not to mention maintain good relations with countries who hate our elected government.
It's good value really.
Sootyj's chasing that MBE again!
Quote: Oldrocker @ January 16 2012, 10:52 AM GMTFrom The Guardian comments column . .
'As with the last one, the main purpose would be to support British interests around the world. It makes a very good base for promoting business and trade links.
The old one was excellent value for money
They've already tried that. It was called "the Andrew". It was costly, seriously faulty and proved a complete waste of money. It's been scrapped already.'
Quote: keewik @ January 16 2012, 11:04 AM GMTShe's got plenty of money - she's a millionaire. And how much business is she capable of drumming up at her age? Unlike other pensioners, she gets paid the same as ever, though able (as with all of us) to do less and less work the older she gets.
And by the way, 'a big yacht' that they used for their bloody holidays. Grrr! I nearly hurled a stool at the TV last night when I saw this.
Well she's got more than you or me. But in terms of supporting family, the civil list is curtailed. And the rennovations of the palaces have been cut back by the state time and time again.
She's not even allowed to use the royal train anymore.
It's Charles who's bringing in the bacon off of his massively profitable estates.
Quote: Will Cam @ January 16 2012, 11:13 AM GMTSootyj's chasing ME again!
No I am not, you just run around my garden in that ridiculous nighty and surgical stockings from Damart thermals.
I'm going to bloody call the local NHS loony catcher this time.
And this ridiculous Ruritanian farce still cost over 100 times as much as the Irish presidency.
I like to know what sample products the Queen used to take round with on her yaucht to promote British industry.
I suppose if our main export was Gilbert and Sullivan operas, the monarchy's image would be helpful.
Gove even looks like a weasely courtier (Sir Percy).
Quote: keewik @ January 15 2012, 11:41 PM GMTWho are these utter f***ing bastards who want to 'give' the Queen another bloody yacht!!!! Don't they know about all the poor bastards who can't get jobs to live decent lives? She's about 95 for God's sake. Why would she need a bloody boat? Let her buy it herself.
Yeah, make her sail down the Thames on a River Taxi. Let the entire world know that Britain is the crappiest country in the world, full of tight arsed, miserable wankers who despise everyone and everything.
Please make us a laughing stock on a global scale and try your best to discourage any economic confidence in the UK. I'm still angry that extra money was spent on the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics, what's wrong with a bunch of local school kids waving sparklers about?
The sooner we send out the message that we hate our own country, the better off we'll all be.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ January 16 2012, 1:37 PM GMTYeah, make her sail down the Thames on a River Taxi. Let the entire world know that Britain is the crappiest country in the world, full of tight arsed, miserable wankers who despise everyone and everything.
Please make us a laughing stock on a global scale and try your best to discourage any economic confidence in the UK. I'm still angry that extra money was spent on the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics, what's wrong with a bunch of local school kids waving sparklers about?
The sooner we send out the message that we hate our own country, the better off we'll all be.
Wellteh Government is continually telling us we need to tighten our belts with the result that public services are being withdrawn from our increasingly impoversihed population, but you feel that it is more important to put up a front of prosperity for the rest of the world? I am sure the the way to convince Standard and Poor to keep up our credit rating is to blow our dosh on a shiney new yacht and a big party.
It is a bit like buying new curtains to impress the neighbours while feeding the kids on catfood.
Quote: Timbo @ January 16 2012, 1:54 PM GMTWellteh Government is continually telling us we need to tighten our belts with the result that public services are being withdrawn from our increasingly impoversihed population, but you feel that it is more important to put up a front of prosperity for the rest of the world?
Yes, this is exactly what I propose. Do you have any idea how the global press would handle this story? Britain's reputation around the world would be forever tainted and the British people would look like the worst kind of petty, jealous, small minded, miserly twats.
It is a small price to pay for continued economic confidence and global reputation. The cost of the yacht is chickenfeed in comparison.
Economic confidence depends on credit ratings, not conspicuous consumption. Prestige projects do not really impress investors; particualry not when they are paid for on the never never. If we really want inward investment scrap the welfare state and employment laws and stop pissing off Europe - with low taxes, cheap labour and access to markets the investment will poor in.
And the cost of a royal yacht may be chicken feed but it would buy a fair few armoured jeeps and keep open a hell of a lot of public libraries.