Plans for new lottery to raise £120M for a new Royal yacht backed by some DUP MPs - does that sound like a shipshape idea?

Jan 04, 2018, 10:11 AM

A new National Lottery game to raise £120M for a new Royal yacht. That's the idea from Tory MP Craig Mackinlay. A letter sent to ministers urging the government to support the project was co-signed by supporting MPs. The MPs argue that, as the UK leaves the European Union, now is the time for a new Royal Yacht Britannia as a new symbol of Global Britain, designed and built domestically to showcase the best of UK shipbuilding and industry and as a platform for promoting trade. What do you think? Phil Kelly from NI Labour Party and Frank Shivers from the Northern Ireland Conservatives.