surfnturf says:

I'm kinda with Brian on this. It's a little hard to detect irony nowadays.

True, too true. I just felt that maybe Brian could have started by asking "Are
you idiots really SERIOUS?" before launching his first barrage.
Honestly, the thought of having a party-barge-for-hire in any harbour doesn't
do wonders for the imagination, but Newport is just the kind of place that
might allow such a beast.
At least no-one has actually built one here yet. And I don't live in Newport
;-))
Steve