NO Michael Gove you TWAT. I don't want to donate to buy the queen a 60 million pound giant boat.

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Not content with earmarking £100 million to pay the guards for the jubilee party, bloody unelected Tories want us all to cough up for a fucking great boat for the queen. In THIS climate.

Read it and weep.

I'm so annoyed. Time to join Republic I reckon.

Ooh, maybe Gove is a machiavellian republican?

23 of the 29 members of the Cabinet are millionaires. If they think this is such a fab idea, perhaps they could all chip in and buy this boat together?

Mme Lindor, your reference to Admiral Bawbag made me snort tea out of my nose. Hurrah!

I think Gove is fantastic. Allowing people to have the freedom to set up schools, getting rid of dross on the curriculum, attempting to sort out the perennial problem of inadequate teachers: these things will have a real impact on the life chances of poor children.

The boat's a bit of an odd one though, I admit.

Bluestocking
I was wondering if anyone would pick up on that one :)

The man's a complete tool.

Although Bawtree is a great name anyway - he sounds as though he might be from The Navy Lark. "Left hand down a bit!"

I've already donated - apparently I am giving up our child benefit . So that's my contribution Mr Gove.

I have no real issue with the Queen, bet she's right pissed off with him for this idea.

Michael 'fuck face' Gove: Hello, is that the Queen?
Queen: Yes, who is speaking please?
Michael 'fuck face Gove: it's me, Mr Michael 'fuck face' Gove
Queen: What is it you want Mr Michael 'fuck face' Gove?
Michael 'fuck face Gove: I thought we could all buy you a new boat ma'am. You know, for your birthday.
Queen: a boat!!! Why would I want a boat you stupid little man? My son might want a boat but it's not his birthday. I do not want a boat.
Michael 'fuck face' Gove: but...but...
Queen: I don't even like fucking boats!
Michael 'fuck face' Gove: how about a train? You like trains don't you?
Queen: fuck off

I'm sure she'd rather have a horse than a boat. Or a new headscarf.

it now transpires the Prince Charles lobbied ministers (in one of his many utterly out of order letters to politicians) asking for us poor proles to buy his mum a new boat
no evidence that she asked for one

What about a MN sponsored Quad bike for her Maj. She could use it when at Balmoral.

Could just see her, fleeing along with her headscarf flapping in the wind.

He's such a prat.

C0rn has it in one. The prat's after a knighthood.

dd reckons every school should send her a sachet of ketchup to fill a swimming pool with. then her and dh did some calcs and realised that it wouldnt even fill a cubic metre.
My family is quite odd occasionally.

It is probably worthwhile adding some facts to this thread here.

No public funds would be used so our contributions as taxpayers won't be required.

I wonder if that company would like to make me a yacht, too?

Avocado, that's a brilliant joke, hahahaha!

Elaine it will be yours to use for trade reasons

which means it will never happen
or we will get shafted at a later date
like we are on the Olympics ceremonies which were meant to be fully covered by private sponsorship and are now costing us tens millions of pounds

Mollie, the original suggestion WAS to use public funds but I think they've quickly realised they would never get away with it.

So where would the money come from? Is there a magic boat building fund? Just in case the queen needs a £60m boat. It's a ridiculous idea. Spend the money on building homes. Or a hospital or two. That'll get her remembered. No one needs a new bloody boat ffs!

Mollie, that article's made me feel even angrier - apparently the last Royal Yacht was used for 968 trips by the Royal Family in 44 years - that's about 22 cruises every year for that bunch of free-loading parasites. And I don't care if Prince Andrew did use the Royal Yacht to convince the Saudis to buy our lovely British-made wepaons.

Stitching agreed but this thread was started after that had changed so I just think it is rather pointless to be having a go at something that is not going to happen.

Money will come from business who see a use for it.

According to Guardian the plan is being backed by Cameron, as long as it doesn't use public money.

I don't care if it is public money or private money. It is wrong.

If the Queen wants to celebrate her Jubilee, why doesn't she phone around some of her rich cronies and ask them to donate some cash that will benefit her subjects. Have her Jubilee Fund pay for street parties up and down the country. Or play parks.