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In spite of these austere time lets give the Queen a new yacht

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    #152
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    No. William will be our next king. So there would be no point in paying you to be our king.
    You can keep avoiding the point for as long as you like. I'm not the one funding a family to have lavish parties and call me a commoner for the privilege.
    getz wrote: »
    30% of the words population say different and thats just those within the commonwealth,
    You're assuming that every single person in every single commonwealth country is a Royalist. A bit of a ridiculous assumption, no?

    Anyway, if 30% of the world were actually Royalists that still wouldn't make their position any more sensible.


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    #153
    KeithAFC
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    ejmaztec wrote: »
    Wouldn't it be ironic for the next King Billy to witness the formation of a united Ireland?




    :pac:
    I don't think King Billy would accept that. :p


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    #154
    neil_hosey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,712 ✭✭✭neil_hosey


    I was talking to a group of english lads in Belgium last year. They told me how they hated the royal family and everything they stood for. They said the main fanboys of the royal family were wacko loyalists in NI, Scotland, and richer parts in southern England. Wasnt suprised really..


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    #155
    KeithAFC
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    You can keep avoiding the point for as long as you like. I'm not the one funding a family to have lavish parties and call me a commoner for the privilege.
    But again, it doesn't matter does it? It doesn't effect you, so why do you care so much?


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    #156
    getz
    Registered Users Posts: 5,255 ✭✭✭getz


    neil_hosey wrote: »
    I was talking to a group of english lads in Belgium last year. They told me how they hated the royal family and everything they stood for. They said the main fanboys of the royal family were wacko loyalists in NI, Scotland, and richer parts in southern England. Wasnt suprised really..
    dont forget those royalists fans who live in the republic,one and a half million of them watching the wedding on TV and all those who lined the streets to welcome the queen,


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    #157
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users Posts: 23,994 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    I don't think King Billy would accept that. :p

    On this occasion, the first one wouldn't stand a ghost of a chance trying to stop it, and the next one probably wouldn't care.:P


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    #158
    partyatmygaff
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    getz wrote: »
    dont forget those royalists fans who live in the republic,one and a half million of them watching the wedding on TV and all those who lined the streets to welcome the queen,
    That's as sensible as your "30% of the World support the Royal family" post. Complete and utter nonsense.


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    #159
    Stiffler2
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭Stiffler2


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    No she doesn't.

    pretty sure the aul hag does have one man.
    Think it's called Queen Elizabeth 2 or something like that.

    It was docked in Dublin Bay about 10 yrs ago
    Yes I know there was a US plane ship there as well, no not that one.

    it was white and black

    QE2 or somethin

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary_2

    she doesn't own it though but it bears her name


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    #160
    neil_hosey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,712 ✭✭✭neil_hosey


    getz wrote: »
    dont forget those royalists fans who live in the republic,one and a half million of them watching the wedding on TV and all those who lined the streets to welcome the queen,

    lol.. glad you agree.

    Oh i remember the millions lining the streets when the queen of england visted the country lol..


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    #161
    summerskin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,760 ✭✭✭summerskin


    Stiffler2 wrote: »
    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    No she doesn't.

    pretty sure the aul hag does have one man.
    Think it's called Queen Elizabeth 2 or something like that.

    It was docked in Dublin Bay about 10 yrs ago
    Yes I know there was a US plane ship there as well, no not that one.

    it was white and black

    QE2 or somethin

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary_2

    she doesn't own it though but it bears her name

    QE2 was a cruise liner.

    She had the royal yacht Britannia until 1997.

    Do you ever get anything right in your posts?


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    #162
    Batsy
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    This is a great idea. The Queen is a remarkable woman and this year events are being held around the country to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. The nation giving her a new Royal yacht would be a fitting gift to mark her 60 years of service to the nation.


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    #163
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users Posts: 23,994 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    neil_hosey wrote: »

    Oh i remember the millions lining the streets when the queen of england visted the country lol..



    Here you go.


    :D


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    #164
    DEVEREUX
    Registered Users Posts: 541 ✭✭✭DEVEREUX


    Let them eat cake Ma'am............Spiffing and all that.


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    #165
    Stiffler2
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭Stiffler2


    summerskin wrote: »

    Do you ever get anything right in your posts?


    Anything I say in my posts can be regarded as fact



    FACT


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    #166
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    She'd never use it at her age!

    There's lots of things I despise and don't get about monarchy and how people put up with it, but I really don't get how, in this economic climate, no-one at Tory Headquarters said "Hang on, this might seem a bit crass, you know, spending £60 million on a luxury yacht during a recession."

    Maybe someone did, or a spin doctor suggested it might not go down well, but they were shouted down.
    But I don't see how no-one thinks a much more appropriate gift would be to endow a hospital or school in her name, or at least channel the funding into things like health and education.

    Maybe they suggested that to Liz but she said she really, really hates sick people and children and wants a big yacht.

    Even if the yacht does get funded privately, as a quick look at the Daily Mail suggests (interestingly, most of the article's comments seem to be against the idea), the whole thing is obscene.
    Why not put the money toward improving the country she loves so much in a tangible way?


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    #167
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    I agree Bwatson. I think the Royal wedding was brilliant. We celebrated it and it was a great time to be British.

    Someone from "Ulster" proud to be "British", while the staunchest loyalists (the Scots) want to separate. Yeah, definitely a great time to be "British". Identity crisis doesn't even cover it.:rolleyes:


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    #168
    Fratton Fred
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    The King of Moo wrote: »
    She'd never use it at her age!

    There's lots of things I despise and don't get about monarchy and how people put up with it, but I really don't get how, in this economic climate, no-one at Tory Headquarters said "Hang on, this might seem a bit crass, you know, spending £60 million on a luxury yacht during a recession."

    Maybe someone did, or a spin doctor suggested it might not go down well, but they were shouted down.
    But I don't see how no-one thinks a much more appropriate gift would be to endow a hospital or school in her name, or at least channel the funding into things like health and education.

    Maybe they suggested that to Liz but she said she really, really hates sick people and children and wants a big yacht.

    Even if the yacht does get funded privately, as a quick look at the Daily Mail suggests (interestingly, most of the article's comments seem to be against the idea), the whole thing is obscene.

    It ain't gonna happen. The last one was scrapped because it was under utilised and too costly.

    Still, it is a good excuse for After Hours to get outraged.


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    #169
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    bwatson wrote: »

    I'm sure the British nation are more than devastated that you and your most sophisticated, elegant of families didn't tune in to an event that in truth was nothing to do with you in the first place.

    So proud it wasn't. There's something unhinged about a society that wants to fund a family who fart about all day, doing sweet FA, while the rest of the "commoners" pay for it. No small wonder that British numeracy and literacy levels are among the worst in the Western World.:D


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    #170
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    getz wrote: »
    you dont need a royal family,you have banks to do that

    So do the Brits.:)


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    #171
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    Yes. What is the big deal?

    It's an insight into your mentality. And those of your "countrymen".


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    #172
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    getz wrote: »
    commonwealth,
    Joke shop.


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    #173
    KeithAFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,239 ✭✭✭✭KeithAFC


    Freddie59 wrote: »
    Someone from "Ulster" proud to be "British", while the staunchest loyalists (the Scots) want to separate. Yeah, definitely a great time to be "British". Identity crisis doesn't even cover it.:rolleyes:
    No. The SNP want Scottish independence. That is not the same thing as the Scottish people. The Scottish people IMO would most likely say no in a referendum. But it was an irrelevant point anyway.


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    #174
    KeithAFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,239 ✭✭✭✭KeithAFC


    Freddie59 wrote: »
    It's an insight into your mentality. And those of your "countrymen".
    Are people not allowed to support the Royal Family?


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    #175
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Freddie59 wrote: »
    So proud it wasn't. There's something unhinged about a society that wants to fund a family who fart about all day, doing sweet FA, while the rest of the "commoners" pay for it. No small wonder that British numeracy and literacy levels are among the worst in the Western World.:D

    Could you back that statement up please. Last survey I saw pout UK schools ahead of Irish ones.

    And what is it you think Michael D does that makes him worth his lavish lifestyle?


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    #176
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    Could you back that statement up please. Last survey I saw pout UK schools ahead of Irish ones.

    And what is it you think Michael D does that makes him worth his lavish lifestyle?

    When did I say he was?

    And there you go:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1305229/British-workers-poorly-educated-match-migrant-rivals-study-finds.html

    and.........

    "Some 7 million adults in England - one in five adults - if given the alphabetical index to the Yellow Pages, cannot locate the page reference for plumbers. That is an examples of functional illiteracy. It means that one in five adults has less literacy than is expected of an 11-year-old."

    From:

    http://www.third-conditional.net/literacy.html

    And as for your assertion regarding Ireland:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/dec/07/world-education-rankings-maths-science-reading

    "Great" Britain indeed. Says it all really.:)


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    #177
    Nodin
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    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    The British Royals were chosen by God to the Brit's No 1 welfare family.

    Like 'Shameless'.


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    #178
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    Batsy wrote: »
    This is a great idea. The Queen is a remarkable woman and this year events are being held around the country to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. The nation giving her a new Royal yacht would be a fitting gift to mark her 60 years of service to sponging off the nation.

    FYP.:)


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    #179
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    Are people not allowed to support the Royal Family?

    Only dimwits.:)


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    #180
    KeithAFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,239 ✭✭✭✭KeithAFC


    Freddie59 wrote: »
    Only dimwits.:)
    That is your opinion. There is plenty of people who like them. I honestly don't see the big problem.


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    #181
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    Batsy wrote: »
    This is a great idea. The Queen is a remarkable woman and this year events are being held around the country to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. The nation giving her a new Royal yacht would be a fitting gift to mark her 60 years of service to the nation.
    What service?

    Using the money of her country to dress herself and her family in ridiculously expensive clothes, greet the heads of state of other countries and go on publicly funded "tours"?


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