Phil the Greek does it again

[DaveB]

BBC News - Prince Philip cracks Filipino nurse joke

"The Philippines must be half empty - you're all here running the NHS," the prince told the nurse, who laughed.

[Platypus]

Non story. Harmless comment. By no means up to his usual standard. He didn't even call her an egg nog, or summit.

[sasguru]

Non story. Harmless comment. By no means up to his usual standard. He didn't even call her an egg nog, or summit.

Exactly. That seems like a compliment to me.

[OwlHoot]

I thought he'd decided last year to put his feet up and retire from public life.

God knows, at 90 he's old enough to take it easy now.

[The Spartan]

nothing in that at all, he's right though there are a lot of filippino's working for the NHS. It's nice to see my lot getting some credit

[vetran]

nothing in that at all, he's right though there are a lot of filippino's working for the NHS. It's nice to see my lot getting some credit

yep we stole them.

oh look we are short of nurses willing to work for nothing in the NHS, oh look a nice third world country has loads let's nick those. It got so bad the Philippine government raised an official complaint.

[The Spartan]

It got so bad the Philippine government raised an official complaint.

Funny that, as the amount of money that gets poured back into the country by overseas workers is quite substantial. My father lives and works in Denmark and since being there has always held down two jobs, which he has used to support his nanay (mum) plus he goes back every year for a month.

[SupremeSpod]

Funny that, as the amount of money that gets poured back into the country by overseas workers is quite substantial. My father lives and works in Denmark and since being there has always held down two jobs, which he has used to support his nanay (mum) plus he goes back every year for a month.

Are you going to do the same for your Dad?

That was a serious question btw.

[The Spartan]

Are you going to do the same for your Dad?

That was a serious question btw.

That would be a no, unfortunately we don't see eye to eye and the last straw was when he missed my wedding last year despite me booking him a hotel 350 yards from the venue (Cardiff Castle).

[Lockhouse]

I shudder to think what my 86 year old father-in-law would come out with if we had to troll him round a hospital meeting people.