[AMcWhirter]

This tweet is from the @PAIimages

The RAF Voyager, used by the Prime Minister and the royal family, taxies at Cambridge airport where it has been repainted in the colours of the Union flag at a cost of almost £1 million.

📷 Stefan Rousseau/PA Images – contact us at https://t.co/mWFngz6oQA pic.twitter.com/9btBafIV2t

— PA Images (@PAImages) June 25, 2020

Expect it to make the headlines on evening news today.

[capetonianm]

It looks like something an African despot would fly around in. Not at all becoming to the UK.

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sparkyflier, cwoodward

[TerryMcManus24]

Pathetic…

[SimonS1]

Several pics here.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53183925

[GrahamC]

Oh dear, I wasn’t expecting it to look quite so brash.

It wouldn’t look quite so cheap without the gold lettering.

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red_robbo

[capetonianm]

That reminds me of that lovely quote from Dolly Parton, who said :
“You know it costs an awful lot of money to look as cheap and trashy as I do.”
Wonderful lady.

The gold is tasteless and brash in the extreme. A subtle Union Flag on the vertical stabiliser is all it needs.

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red_robbo, esselle

[esselle]

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She was also famously once asked how long it took do her hair in the morning. Her reply? “I don’t know, I’m never there”

[fatbear]

or “I am not offended by you calling me a dumb blonde. I don’t think I am dumb, and I definetely know I am not blonde”…….

[SimonS1]

Video footage online.

[thebigseats]

Magnificent! Proudly British! At last…oh, & pft to all of the miserable snow flakes.

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mancvboy, NorskSaint

[DavidSmith2]

I saw what I thought was the nearly-completed new livery of the tailfin the other day. Turns out is was just an old photo of a TWA Boeing.

[Stevescoots]

I like it, no different from the old days when Pms used to use BA charter flights with the union flag on the tail

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thebigseats, NorskSaint

[cwoodward]

An Australian colleague just mentioned “Looks as flash as a rat with a gold tooth”
I don’t believe that he was being exactly complementary for as we are all aware Australians are well known for their refined taste in all things.

[Gin&Tonic]

It’s a huge improvement on battleship grey.

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thebigseats, NorskSaint

[AlanOrton1]

Good to see the UK join the likes of France and the US in having an official aircraft flying the flag.

As for £900k, a relative drop in the ocean compared to some public sector spending. (Mayor of London’s staff costs increased by £10m in the last year alone).

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