Recess Monkey’s attention has been drawn to the ultra-royalist EDM from MP Greg Hands, calling for Concorde to be returned to service for the exclusive use of Her Majesty The Queen Gawd Bless’Er.
Therefore, I am hereby directing readers to this BBC story about the Queen when she stormed a Concorde Cockpit and attempted to take control, yelling “England, nonny and St. George!”.
EDM 2177
RECOMMISSIONING OF CONCORDE AS ROYAL AIR FORCE ONE
16.05.2006
Hands, Greg
That this House calls upon the Government to bring a Concorde jet back into service as a new Royal Plane entitled `Royal Air Force One’; recognises the prestige lost to the country when supersonic flights were cancelled; accepts that Concorde may not be commercially viable but could act in a Royal capacity, surpassing jets used by other Heads of State; notes the unrivalled safety record of the British-operated Concordes; and deplores the way the jets are being left to decay.
Do you think Concorde should be returned to service?
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Whilst it is hard to disagree that the level of grovel in this EDM ought to be worth a gong, if only that nice Mr Blair hadn’t already flogged them all, the actual idea does have merit amd personally I also reckon that it’s a shame that the Concordes are being left to rot. Probably prohibitively expensive though, and that’s before Mrs Blair borrows it to go to collect her freebie’s from the Gulf.
matt said this on May 19th, 2006 at 1:04 am