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13 Jul 16
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I was dismayed today to see David Cameron roll up at Buckingham Palace in a decidedly average Jaguar, followed by a BMW 4x4 and some sort of Ford people-carrier. It all appeared rather shabby in my view, most unbecoming for a person of his standing and not an image one should present to the wider world.
Whatever happened to the fleet of Daimler limousines I remember in my youth, slowly gliding to and from Downing Street or across Westminster Bridge with the utmost gravitas on such occasions. Rolls Royce are missing a trick, they should supply the British government with half a dozen of their finest models every year for official business. My gardener drives a BMW for heaven's sake!
Whatever happened to the fleet of Daimler limousines I remember in my youth, slowly gliding to and from Downing Street or across Westminster Bridge with the utmost gravitas on such occasions. Rolls Royce are missing a trick, they should supply the British government with half a dozen of their finest models every year for official business. My gardener drives a BMW for heaven's sake!
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Does anyone remember the opening credits of House of Cards with Ian Richardson as Chief Whip, Francis Urquhart?
That's how our senior politicians should travel, a matching fleet of black Daimler DS420s, not a mishmash of common vehicles any average Joe might drive. |
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Probably for show - they transferred from the very expensive fleet a couple of
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Surely it would be sound business sense for Rolls Royce to place a fleet of their finest at the government's disposal? Everyone's a winner.
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Rolls Royces or Bentleys would surely be more appropriate, as much as I like the BMW brand.
Deep down I think the politicos are terrified of looking 'elitist' and having the public pay for luxury cars. |
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They should walk. And all carry pooper scoopers to clean up the Shyte that flies from theit gobs.
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I believe you're correct, Alun. What a sorry state of affairs, I find it embarrassing.
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always thought it was ridiculous seeing cameron going on holiday on easyjet. just so fake
no one expects a tory PM to travel like that so why do it ? |
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Indeed. I'd advocate the commissioning of an Air Force One style 747 for HM The Queen and the prime minister.
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And I for one will not rest until this fabulous Minister is given her own personal Rolls Royce to get around in.
. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz-tv/hot-tv/360168/Sexiest-female-MP-Penny-Mordaunt-strips-to-swimsuit-for-Splash-training-with-Tom-Daley |
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Corbyn has already placed an order for a fleet of Zils for when the proletariat carries him to power.
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The Prime Minister should have seven or eight of these at her disposal, the beautiful Rolls Royce Phantoms.
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Tis a thing of beauty.
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Public transport is all I'm prepared to fund for that lot.
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Or the old Rover P5B used from the 60s to 80s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Kc7UL24wQ "back in the 60s, Jaguars were the domain of spivs, crooks and bookmakers" |
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Agree with Gallivanter. Give the tnucs an oyster card and a bus pass.
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Even the X-Factor judges arrive in a fleet of Rolls Royces....
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Hope they disinfect them afterwards !
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The trouble with British cars is that with the very odd exception, they're sh1te.
They should kit themselves out with Mercs. Mine is beautiful. |
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Pink Stretch Limo for Keith Vaz
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Mercs are used as upmarket minicabs round here.
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Mercs were the standard vehicle among corner-shop owners and takeaway-restaurant magnates in Slough, when I lived there. And use of Beamers (always on lease) now seems to have become the badge of the multiply mortgaged landlord community.
On the other hand, surely Rollers should be the marque of royalty, not some here-today-gone-tomorrow politician? Personally I'd like to see the PM supplied with an underpowered Land Rover Defender 110, complete with leaky windscreen and jammed transfer lever. |
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Plenty of mobility cars available now.
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