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AJB Temple wrote:Lots of jobs for woodworkers in shipbuilding...
Steve Maskery wrote:I really don't understand why we need this ship, especially at a time of so much need and massive debt extant. Sure, it will create jobs, but that 200M will turn into 500M in the blink of an eye. Wouldn't it be cheaper to give every shipyard worker 100K and tell them to stay at home?
I just don't get it.
Steve Maskery wrote:I really don't understand why we need this ship, especially at a time of so much need and massive debt extant. Sure, it will create jobs, but that 200M will turn into 500M in the blink of an eye. Wouldn't it be cheaper to give every shipyard worker 100K and tell them to stay at home?
I just don't get it.
ScaredyCat wrote:......How would Tory backers benefit from that? This is just another way to syphon off the country's money into the pockets of Tory donors.
Gill wrote:'Sfunny how other nations get along quite happily without Royal Yachts.
Mike G wrote:Gill wrote:'Sfunny how other nations get along quite happily without Royal Yachts.
But to be fair, Gill, they also rub along OK without Royals, without Tower Bridge, and without the Weald and Downland Museum, amongst other things. We shouldn't always take other countries as an infallible guide for our own actions.
Gill wrote:My point is that the only financial justification for a Royal Yacht that I've heard is that it helps Britain secure trade deals with foreign nations. I'm not convinced we can't get trade deals without a Royal Yacht.
Woodbloke wrote:..... As Adrian said, the 'murricans have Air Force One, which does much the same sort of job and impressive as it is, it don't have quite the same panache - Rob
RogerS wrote:Woodbloke wrote:..... As Adrian said, the 'murricans have Air Force One, which does much the same sort of job and impressive as it is, it don't have quite the same panache - Rob
Yebbut...it's got missiles
Woodbloke wrote:.....It did have a water slide though from the superstructure onto the deck - Rob
AJB Temple wrote:It's called a Maxwell chute.
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