Doesn't the queen already have several boats?
Also, what is the education secretary doing talking about a new boat for an unelected german theocrat?
Labour is "the left"? That's news to me.
That actually supports his point that the left is in a shambles.![]()
The LibDems are certainly further left than New Labour.
If it's just peanuts then we should just get the commonwealth countries to pay the cost.
Less far out right, you mean.
Aye, very far left. Not ones to make a deal with the Tories.
Vote SNP!Aye, very far left. Not ones to make a deal with the Tories.
They used to be, but they took a firm turn to the right when the Orange Book faction took over after they botched the 2005 election. At this point they're probably, on average, about as far left/right as Labour, just in different respects (which incidentally shows how limited that terminology actually is these days).The LibDems are certainly further left than New Labour.
That's a bit much. I know the Shetlanders don't like him, but I don't think they'll actually try anything about. He'll just have to make sure that they keep getting their oil subsidies and they'll calm down eventually.So we get a nutcase like Salmond trying to tear apart the country? No thanks.
Lee Kuan Yew should get this, then. He deserves it, no, given how much he has done for his country?
He ain't King is he? Is the yacht used for Official State purposes?
aronnax said:Especially in conjunction with Foreign Affairs. HMY made 700 foreign trips.
HMY Britannia was formally run and owned by the Royal Navy, not the personal belonging of the Queen or Monarchy.
aronnax said:I wouldn't object to a Presidential yacht if Singapore used it to entertain foreign diplomats in foreign ports.
Lee Kuan Yew is more powerful in Singapore than the Queen of England is Britain. So, yeah. He totally deserves a big ass yacht. Nobody said it has to be official.
So you're saying that not having a yacht interferes with the Queen's ability to perform her duties? That's seems more like an argument for Republicanism.
And of what use would that be?
Wha? There is a good argument for commissioning a yacht for the Queen's use. There isn't for Lee Kuan Yew. It's not about power, it's about function in state use. I would not agree if the British taxpayers were just giving the Queen a yacht for her pleasure use.
aronnax said:Having a yacht definitely improves the ability of the Queen to perform her duties. Warming foreign relations is all about the fanfare and impressions. Nothing says fancy like the Queen descending from her Royal yacht.
aronnax said:Like Nixon visiting China.