Royal Yacht II

There is a lot of talk about spending 100 million to replace the royal yacht as a vehicle for signing trade deals and diplomacy.

This feels like a terrible idea.  It is another case of Britain framing its thinking in the past.  Probably a past that is mis-remembered somewhat.

It is interesting how we think we can afford such a project.  What we should be thinking of is how we modernise from here.  We're about to give powers back to a Parliament that is in desperate need of reform.