Give Queen a new royal yacht for diamond jubilee, says Michael Gove

[oldironside]

"Michael Gove has brushed aside Britain's economic problems to propose the public donate a new royal yacht to the Queen as a mark of respect during this year's diamond jubilee celebrations, according to a confidential letter to fellow ministers.

In the letter, which has been sent to Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary and minister overseeing the celebrations, and to the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, Gove at one point comes close to suggesting that Britain's dire economic climate means that a large-scale celebration is required to lift the country's spirits."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jan/15/queen-royal-yacht-diamond-jubilee-gove#start-of-comments

This is quite simply beyond parody. How out of touch can they really be?

[dipsydoodle]

1. Doubt it will happen.

Just a gesture of respect to which I'm guessing she'd say no anyway.

[tjwmason]

4. The Queen has more sense than the whole of the government put together

If this had become even a remote possibility I'm sure she would have sunk the idea - she's not so barking mad as to accept a new royal yacht in the middle of national austerity.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Queen's jubilee yacht proposal rejected

A suggestion by Education Secretary Michael Gove that the Queen should be given a new royal yacht to mark her Diamond Jubilee has been rejected by Downing Street.
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But a spokesman for the prime minister said it would not be "appropriate to use public money at this time".
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But in a response from Downing Street, the prime minister's spokesman said: "Clearly there's a difficult economic situation.

"There are scarce public resources. Therefore we do not think it would be appropriate to use public money at this time."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16578231

[LeftishBrit]

3. Just shows that even Cameron's got more sense than Michael Gove!

[Jeneral2885]

5. What if Cameron made the offer?

After all, isn't he distantly related to the Queen?

[fedsron2us]

6. God I loathe Gove

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[truebrit71]

7. Um, how about 'fuck no'? Is that succinct enough an answer?

Clueless sod