Look like it could now be a goer with private money funding it

[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16578231Future Ship Project 21[/url

So hire the local church hall (or maybe use one of her own church halls), some trestle tables, paper tablecloths, folding chairs, Iceland sausage rolls and vol-au-vents, loads of Panda Pop and the kid from the next street who got himself a "You Are The DJ" 50 watt amp and a couple of dozen iTunes vouchers for christmas.

Sorted, and it'll still be more than I can afford for my wifes 50th this year.

I'm warming to the idea, mebbe we can be "all sailing in it together"?

Ed 'anonymous' Milliband.
Russell Brand
Any of the lowlifes who's appearance on TV makes me start throwing shoes

[url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jan/16/royal-yacht-backed-david-cameronApparently, Michael Gove is unhappy[/url. He never suggested that the taxpayer should foot the bill for a new royal yacht. His letter on the subject was just "loosely worded'.

He does seem a bit thick to be in charge of the education of children doesn't he?

I like this bit from the article:

[iBut advocates of the plan claim the 600ft ship can be built with private money, and [uits upkeep paid for by fees from university students[/u staying on the ship[/i

Good idea because as anyone knows, university students are absolutely awash with spare cash

I get the "university of the seas"

reference, but why are two education ministers so exercised about this? If Rear Admiral Sir Bufton Tufton is wanting to do this, surely MOD is the way to go?

It does send out an odd message, when he – and presumably his staff – can't manage to ensure that a letter says what they actually mean.



Well, the offspring of a small section of society would be able to afford it quite easily. [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16545898Income inequality increases again.[/url

[url=http://www.leftfootforward.org/2012/01/what-was-hiding-behind-the-boat-information-commissioner-is-investigating-gove/Mind ...[/url

Love the pic



If only he had ginger hair

[i"Ministers say it is backed by the Prince of Wales and Princess Anne".[/i

No, really ... who'd have thought that.

To "loosely word" a letter on such a topic in such times when your average Joe Bloggs on the street is being hounded from all directions in more and more ways to extract more of his money from his pay packet (remember 2 million this year are still on a higher tax code than they should be to repay an HMRC balls-up), is crass at the very least, incompetent is a word I'd prefer, fooking stupid is better and it beggers belief that people of this quality have reached a position that enables them to have control over other peoples lives in such a manner.

The suggestion originated from David Willetts, MP for Havant.

Step 1 : Agree to fund the £60mill from the public purse.
Step 2 : Give the contract to a Glasgow shipbuilder.
Step 3 : Allow Scotland to secede from the union.
Step 4 : Sit back and watch the nuclear fallout.

I don't believe for one moment it was "loosely worded", I reckon it was worded exactly as he meant it ... but not in the expectation of having to defend it to the public.

I suppose it really shows that the Tories are as out of touch to reality as anyone can be.

Not suprising Charlie and horse face are in agreement with it, other benefit claimants struggle to get bus fares to job interviews.

Meanwhile, one of Gove's other wheezes is looking a bit shaky.
He wants to send out copies of the King James bible to schools across the UK, complete with a foreword written by His Goveness himself.
David Chameleon has told him that it can't be paid for by the taxpayer (quite rightly, that's twice I've agreed with him in as many days!), so Head Boy Govey has to find donations to cover the cost.

The Dept of Ed are saying that despite having no takers so far, the project is not behind schedule.
The bibles have been ordered, apparently, and are sitting in some foreign warehouse.

On just how many levels can this bloke get something so wrong and so hubristic?

The idea there are going to be students staying on the ship, that it can be used for research and that this is compatible with its use a Royal Yacht and will pay for its upkeep is a joke. There is bound to be a cost to the public for its upkeep for things like security.

However despite the fact it would obviously cost the public money in the long term, the mere idea that such a ship should be built for the Queen is totally crass and just shows how really out of touch Gove, Willets and the rest of them are. Ostentatious gifts for the Queen whoever pays the initial cost are totally inappropriate at this point in time.

The fact the idea is supposed to be supported by Prince Charles and Princess Anne will do nothing but reinforce the Royal's are as out of touch with reality now as they were at the time of Diana's death. As a PR exercise for the Royals this will backfire. They must be mad to think going for this at this time is going to increase support for the Monarchy as an institution.

Ordered from Rupert Murdoch, the world's biggest [iBible[/i publisher?

When my dad wanted to buy an apartment in Spain I fully supported him.

I even flew out there to persuade him that he should live outside of Benidorm, maybe somewhere much further north.

It wasn't from any thought of what would suit him best, more the thought of what would suit me best after he fell off his perch.

Edited for accuracy

You do have to wonder how many schools don't already have at least one copy of a King James in their buildings – if only because of it's importance as a book and in terms of the development of the English language?

Although obviously none of those would have a special message in it from Mr Gove himself ...

Anyway, [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16612080talking of royal boats[/url ...

Wow. Nothing says "narcissist" quite like that.

"Every school should have a copy of this holy text. And to make it extra sacred, you get the benefit of my musings as well. The words of God and Michael Gove - together at last."