Congratulations

[fillyboy]

Boris Johnson has reportedly married Carrie Symonds today at Westminster Cathedral in a ceremony planned in strict secrecy, according to newspapers.

The pair are said to have exchanged vows in front of a small group of close friends and family, the Mail on Sunday and The Sun newspaper have reported.

I'm guessing Dom wasn't Best Man.

 

[Vinty]

Isn't Westminster a Catholic Cathederal.

 

[big-all]

thats good news at least his wife now has the divorce courts to support her when ever the lying womaniser eye wanders again as it probably will

 

[fillyboy]

Isn't Westminster a Catholic Cathederal.

I'm not sure, I've only ever concerned myself about where the receptions being held, is it a free bar, and if not, why not, and what are the bar prices like. Vinty, weddings are about getting p155ed, not religion.

 

[ellal]

'King Clown'..

Now we have a carrie (let them go to food banks) 'antoinette'...

Glasses raised to the future happy 'ending'!

 

[A Trowel]

Wondering if the divorce will be as secret

 

[Notch7]

I wonder what it's like being married to an abject liar.

 

[Mottie]

I wonder what it's like being married to an abject liar.

What? Carrie's a liar?

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

I'm wondering who paid for it.

 

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[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Let’s hope Johnson paid for said wedding

or there will be another enquiry

And Boris's newly appointed standards advisor will clear him of any fiddling.

But I see Boris is trying to re-launch his bridge idea, only he's calling it a ship this time.

A new national flagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost British trade and industry globally, the prime minister has said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57293882​

If the Royal Yacht Britannia cost £2,000,000 in 1953, that would be about £20,000,000 by today's value.
£200,000,000 has been estimated for the new UK flagship. Obviously some cronies will be getting all the work. UK will get a ship worth £20,000,000, and some government advisors will walk away with a large fortune.

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[sxturbo]

And Boris's newly appointed standards advisor will clear him of any fiddling.

But I see Boris is trying to re-launch his bridge idea, only he's calling it a ship this time.

A new national flagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost British trade and industry globally, the prime minister has said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57293882​

If the Royal Yacht Britannia cost £2,000,000 in 1953, that would be about £20,000,000 by today's value.
£200,000,000 has been estimated for the new UK flagship. Obviously some cronies will be getting all the work. UK will get a ship worth £20,000,000, and some government advisors will walk away with a large fortune.

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Building a yacht to today's standards costs a lot more than 20 million, you need to remember safety standards and technology has moved on a lot since 1953 and a lot of what was fitted back then wouldn't adhere to today's safety standards, most things were also primitive in there technology and primitive is often cheap.

The £200 million budget is probably about right.

I was part of a refit of a 1967 yacht we reused the engines (overhauled) with everything else updated, the refit cost £60 million. There is no way that would have cost that (equivalent of) back in 67

 

[Mottie]

I was part of a refit of a 1967 yacht we reused the engines (overhauled) with everything else updated, the refit cost £60 million. There is no way that would have cost that (equivalent of) back in 67

About 15 years ago, me and a mate blagged a trip to the engine room of a ship when we were with our wives on a Med cruise. They were overhauling one of the four V8 Diesel engines at the time. New cylinders, pistons and cylinder heads. The cylinder head for each cylinder weighed more than a family car and the valves were nearly as tall as my leg. I didn’t know it but on all these big ships, the engines only produce electric and the propellers are driven by an electric motor. Anyway, this is what you call a piston ring!

 

[ellal]

Who's going to choose the wallpaper for Boris McBoatface?

 

[Nige F]

Isn't Westminster a Catholic Cathederal.

Yes