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According to a report by Telegraph.co.uk, Prince Charles has been advised - and has agreed - to cancel his annual Klosters ski holiday. The advice came from non-skier Gordon Brown, who is concerned about the public expense in the current economic climate. ...
This report from Telegraph.co.uk
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| A source told a national newspaper: "He's been grumbling that he can't come out because the Government don't think it's a very good idea during the recession." |
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| A Clarence House spokesman said: "His Royal Highness never intended to go to Klosters this year." |
An interesting conjunction of quotes.
Should anyone spending public money go skiing this year? Your views invited.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yeah why not - I'd even let my MP go skiing on expenses. All cash spent on winter sports is money well spent in my book 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I thought for a moment it was going to be because the terrorists were setting off explosives in ski resorts now
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No, that's the avalanche patrol
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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bug off GB - you got us in this mess. Poor Prince Charles, he is but a humble farmer who should be allowed an annual jaunt. It's not like he ever shells out on new gear! 
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His protection team will still need to go, as they have to have their annual training session on protecting target's whilst skiing. So if it is cost saving very little will be saved 
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That's a downer  all that money and you cant go skiing!
If I was him, Id offer to stay in a seasonaires hostel in morzine just to get some hill time.
Or better still, Scotland!
Be great way to promote wintersports in the UK and his money stays in the UK.
Tux
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How ridiculous. I'm sure if he really wanted to go he'd cover the cost of his protection for a week himself. More like public perception than genuinely saving money.
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Interesting words in the Telegraph's report are "A source told a national newspaper ..."
Was this story given to another paper, or was the Telegraph using double-disguise to protect a source? I've tried to find the story elsewhere (many newspapers restrict search access to their content) but without success.
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Interesting words in the Telegraph's report are "A source told a national newspaper ..."
Was this story given to another paper, or was the Telegraph using double-disguise to protect a source? I've tried to find the story elsewhere (many newspapers restrict search access to their content) but without success.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And how many holidays has GB had since the recession started and where to ?
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Charley boy can have a discount in my apartment - poor old git.
Just imagine him mashing it up in Loop bar on the jelly wrestling night. Umm, actually, maybe not.
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| And how many holidays has GB had since the recession started and where to ? |
I suspect Brown is not very good at holidaying. He seems 'a collar and tie on the beach' sort - like Richard Nixon. Blair on the other hand..........
Or Mandelson..........
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You know it makes sense.
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Or better still, Scotland!
Be great way to promote wintersports in the UK and his money stays in the UK.
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Very good suggestion.
Maybe Charlie reads Snowheads and read that post about Klosters being the most boring place ever.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I think the idea of Charles going to ski the Highlands is a brilliant one. They could do a royal interior for the Cairngorm Funicular, and maybe ski the White Lady in a kilt. Superb PR for all concerned. But he really ought to do a royal tour of all five ski areas.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| I think the idea of Charles going to ski the Highlands is a brilliant one. They could do a royal interior for the Cairngorm Funicular, and he could maybe ski the White Lady in a kilt. Superb PR for all concerned. But he really ought to do a royal tour of all five ski areas. |
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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yup, send him to Scotland, he used to ski up here when he was in school and on hols at Balmoral did he not, least there's pics of him going up the old chair at Cairngorm with his maw, his school still regularly race trains at the easern resorts
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Sorry about that. There doesn't seem to be an edit or delete function in this section.
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I've long thought that G. Brown hates the kind of people who would take a skiing holiday.
The idea of Charles skiing in Scotland is good. Balmoral is no distance at all from Glenshee.
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It would also tie in very well with his position on climate change, since the prospects for Scottish skiing are in the balance.
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WHat a great idea!
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| Ernst Goldsmith wrote: |
According to a report by Telegraph.co.uk, Prince Charles has been advised - and has agreed - to cancel his annual Klosters ski holiday. The advice came from non-skier Gordon Brown, who is concerned about the public expense in the current economic climate. ...
This report from Telegraph.co.uk
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| A source told a national newspaper: "He's been grumbling that he can't come out because the Government don't think it's a very good idea during the recession." |
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| A Clarence House spokesman said: "His Royal Highness never intended to go to Klosters this year." |
An interesting conjunction of quotes.
Should anyone spending public money go skiing this year? Your views invited. |
You suckers should know better than to believe every story that is planted in British newspapers.
This story is government spin.
Chuck has a bad back and has not been inclined to slide for a while.
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That's it. I'm not voting for the old grouch now.
Does Cameron ski?
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Or could it be his Mrs would cut bits off him if he swanned off on a hol that she didn't want to go on?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Why not send Charlie to
YAD MOSS!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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sarep
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FAO HRH
Sir,
On the off chance that you may be reading this thread, i would like to invite you on our trip to Gerlos commencing Sunday.
You will need to get ur a**e to Bham Airport for 5.30 am Sunday where a ticket will be waiting for the flight to Munich. Only thing is can't remember your full name for the name change on the ticket. I remember that Di cocked it up on ur wedding day and i'm beggard if i can recall it either.
You will have to be prepared to bunk-up with another chap in true Austrian twin style and stand ur corner at the bar. Otherwise you are welcome.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Ernst Goldsmith wrote: |
Should anyone spending public money go skiing this year? Your views invited. |
Well, I'd be happy for my local MP to go skiing... at the Hemel fridge, as it's in his constituency
And as long as he's not claiming it on expenses either - if I have to pay my own money to ski there, so can he!
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Poster: A snowHead
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wib, How could he resist?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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How about one of the indoor ski slopes. Must be one near where this guy lives?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I don't believe a word of it.
Gordon Brown advising someone NOT to squander taxpayers money? They're making it up.
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Davos has just had its' big financial conflab. How many British ministers and public servants went to that. Bet they didn't all refuse to do a bit of skiing, just to help Gordon Brown's re-election campaign.
Maybe if Brown had done his job properly when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, properly regulating the banks and financial sector and providing competent oversight like Peter Costello did here in Australia, Britain too could have avoided a recession.
Poor Charlie can't go skiing because of the negligence Gordon Brown and greed of the City.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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To get the Scottish take on this - particularly tuxpoo's point above ...
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If I was him, Id offer to stay in a seasonaires hostel in morzine just to get some hill time.
Or better still, Scotland!
Be great way to promote wintersports in the UK and his money stays in the UK. |
... there's now a discussion thread on winterhighland.info :
http://www.winterhighland.info/forum/read.php?2,116781
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But it was not long ago that Gordon told us the only way to get out of this recession was to spend our way out of it! As I recall, Gordon advised everyone to spend as much as they could and get themselves into as much debt as possible.
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bum, doesn't really work if you're spending your money in a foreign country  Better to keep Charlie on home soil, and making his jams and cakes to contribute to the economy!
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Poor old Charles, first GB says no more boom and bust, so that's sailing and girlies out of the picture and then he's not allowed to don the fartbag.....what a miserable time.....
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Surely HRH can start taking a more proactive interest in international banking and the impact on the green economy - and slip in a visit to Davos - I am sure that given his security needs staying in Klosters will be safer, as will travelling to and from Davos via the Parsenn.
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