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Ben’s World: I’m depressed. Lets buy the Queen a yacht
I DON’T know about you, but I’m feeling a bit miserable after the New Year.
We’ve all got the January blues I suppose. The economy’s rotten, the weather’s cold, I’ve got a cough.
Or at least that was the case. Because I had a bit of news this week that has cheered me up no end.
That’s right - I’m talking about Michael Gove’s proposal to spend £60millon on giving the Queen a new royal yacht to mark her Diamond Jubilee.
In a leaked letter by Mr Gove, he reckons this would cheer up the nation no end.
There’s been a few conflicting reports on this one. Either Mr Gove was up for spending taxpayers’ money on this - or maybe he wasn’t.
Maybe David Cameron was up for it - or maybe he wasn’t.
And Prince Charles is reckoned to be in favour of it in some reports, and others stories don’t make any reference to this.
Either way it’s cheered me up no end. I reckon any politician (or member of the Royal Family for that matter) who reckons we should spend taxpayers’ money on this would be very popular.
They should definitely come out and tell us all if that’s what they want to do.
> A quick one on the same topic.
Just over 18 months ago the government pulled the plug on the Building Schools For The Future (BSF) scheme.
This was going to help radically overhaul Bedford’s schools system. New school buildings, a new schools system (abolishing middle schools, in a nutshell), and aiming to bring Bedford in line with the rest of the country.
But, with the economy going south, it was decided that the government couldn’t afford this scheme.
Michael Gove (yes, the guy who is in favour of the £60million royal yacht) is Secretary of State for Education. And he was in that job 18 months ago too, when the BSF scheme was pulled.
If he really wants to cheer the country up, or to leave a lasting legacy from the jubilee, helping our schools would be a much better legacy.
And he could easily do so right here in Bedford.
> Nobody likes being shouted at And especially not in public.
And very few people like shouting in public.
On the debit side, if I do find you outside where I live, at 8.30am, doing a wee against the bin while swaying slightly, there is a chance that I’ll shout at you.
And, however much you might mumble while trying not to make eye contact (Because of embarrassment? Or maybe it’s just off-putting to be shouted at while you’re doing a wee?), your rubbish apologies won’t mean much to me.
I did consider kicking him in the nuts.
But I didn’t want to get my shoes wet.
I had a cup of tea in my hands too, but I was feeling far too parched to chuck it over his crotch.
This is all true.
He looked quite embarrassed as he ran away.
Maybe it would cheer him up if I bought him a new yacht?
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Monday 28 May 2012
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