Gove wants us to give Queenie a new yacht

sidicks

They secured £40 billion pounds worth of orders - no need for a yacht

rampant

Really?

And how much was spent in order to generate those orders?

Sidicks

Kebabhead

Rolls Royce are an existing company - the idea is to get NEW business and NEW markets -

Kebabhead

Try watching the program the excellent "How to Build a Jumbo jet"

instigator

So your telling me we wouldn't extol the vitures of our existing manufacturing industry

Any orders are welcome whether they are new or existing

MikeTV

The public can't use Air Force 1 but Americans are proud of it and nobody would ever want to scrap it to save a few million quid...

I'm not a royalist... In fact you could say I don't like the royals and all that guff but even I'm shocked at the rage, bitterness and hate spewed by British people over this...

Wow...

Do British people ever feel united or proud about anything? Ever?

When Air Force one lands anywhere your pretty news cameras are there and it's a big deal and it's doing more than transporting some slob around...

Does anyone see the merit of even discussing the royal boat as a national symbol or source of pride or pr investment even if you don't support the royals?

I'm just stunned by the hate... Wow...

Do you think any of the hate mongers will have a change of heart when they see the celebration with the queen on a barge in the Thames? And what message that sends to the world? Or our children?

How are we as a society going to stop the hate and blame and start the rebuilding, healing and unity and hope?

You old think that 60 or 100 million quid might be worth just some sort of reasonable debate or discussion or philosophizing about in light of the many billions of pounds in over budget Olympics? Or the recent 32 billion quid train to nowhere which will end up costing triple that and none of us will afford to ride it? But all we got is hate?

Why is that?

Kebabhead

Poppycock. There's no evidence that those trade agreements wouldn't have been signed without Britannia!

stanga

We used to have Concorde but that was scrapped

AirForce one give me a break

instigator

The draw is royalty, not some big yacht. Russian billionaires and their yacht/ship are ten-a-penny these days. Royalty is a little more difficult to imitate.

It really isn't a difficult concept to grasp.

We should be using our assets, especially when they are a source of competitive advantage. We have a monarchy - let's use it.

instigator

Oh dear... Amazing... I guess if you hate Britain it makes it hard to see how others would value anything Britannia means to others?