Those of you who have endured scorn, guilt and financial pain over your decision to drive 4X4s/large cars, will not have failed to notice the further supreme irony and shameless contradiction of this Labour Government's green credentials during the management of the Tony Blair circus yesterday.
While you and I are exhorted by them to take action to save the planet, consider the Blair contribution to cutting down his carbon footprint:-
A convoy of big cars to Northolt.huge fuel-guzzling twin-engined private jet to Teesside.further convoy to Sedgefield.two hours later the whole process reversed.
Add to that Sky News helicopter in the air at both ends, hundreds of press and huge TV vehicles obliged to drive north, plus endless other security and support staff.
And for what? To announce something that we all knew anyway.
And why Sedgefield. Because it's his constituency. But hang on, he's not resigning as a local MP, he's resigning as Lab leader/PM. That's a NATIONAL issue - and surely it's most logical place is in Downing Street or Labour HQ, from where every other major announcement is duly made.
So Blair chose to debunk the whole shenanigans to the north-east just so that he could be among friends!!!
And what can we look forward to? Six more weeks of criss-crossing the country by Brown and his co-horts for hustings on a process that is a foregone conclusion anyway!
Ok, so it's their choice to do it that way because of the 'due process' but equally it should be our choice to do things the way we want to.
So next time, you get in your big caravan-towing car, or jet off on a hard-earned hol abroad, will you feel guilty? Or will you remember the sham that this energy saving lark is??
(Oh, at the end of the day, I am sure Mr Blair turned off his TV standby for the night - mustn't waste energy must we??)
While you and I are exhorted by them to take action to save the planet, consider the Blair contribution to cutting down his carbon footprint:-
A convoy of big cars to Northolt.huge fuel-guzzling twin-engined private jet to Teesside.further convoy to Sedgefield.two hours later the whole process reversed.
Add to that Sky News helicopter in the air at both ends, hundreds of press and huge TV vehicles obliged to drive north, plus endless other security and support staff.
And for what? To announce something that we all knew anyway.
And why Sedgefield. Because it's his constituency. But hang on, he's not resigning as a local MP, he's resigning as Lab leader/PM. That's a NATIONAL issue - and surely it's most logical place is in Downing Street or Labour HQ, from where every other major announcement is duly made.
So Blair chose to debunk the whole shenanigans to the north-east just so that he could be among friends!!!
And what can we look forward to? Six more weeks of criss-crossing the country by Brown and his co-horts for hustings on a process that is a foregone conclusion anyway!
Ok, so it's their choice to do it that way because of the 'due process' but equally it should be our choice to do things the way we want to.
So next time, you get in your big caravan-towing car, or jet off on a hard-earned hol abroad, will you feel guilty? Or will you remember the sham that this energy saving lark is??
(Oh, at the end of the day, I am sure Mr Blair turned off his TV standby for the night - mustn't waste energy must we??)
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