Comments on: John Redwood exposes Government hypocrisy on aviation

By: Neil Craig

Neil Craig — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:02:30 +0000

Do as I say not do as I do (DAISNDAID) The Mail also ran a story on how one of the upper class twits of Plane Stupid, who break the law to ruin the holidays of the common folk, had flown to New york to meet some other anti-plane activists & “do some shopping”.

On the other hand if we accept that the globe isn’t warming & that the whole thing is just a scam there is no serious reason not to fly, use light bulbs, breathe & all these other dreadful carbon producing things. Nor any reason why ministers shouldn’t.

By: THE ESSEX BOYS

THE ESSEX BOYS — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:21:29 +0000

Yes, Mike…whenever McShane is wheeled out to defend Labour on The Daily Politics (that’s when no minister is game to front up) he always seems to have returned from overseas; we recall Germany, France and the USA in recent times.
He’s not a minister even so why should his constituents, let alone the taxpayer, put up with this gallivanting?

A broader point on aviation…are we correct in believing that if VAT were levied on aviation fuel this would bring £10bn into Treasury coffers?
If so why would this not be at the very top of the Conservatives action list on forming the government? (Perhaps secretly it is?)
Don’t talk to us about ‘hard working family holiday breaks’ etc etc…and would this not be perfectly in tune with environmental policy? Who knows, perhaps politicians – including Mr McShane – might even travel less and use conference calls and the internet to fact-find and swap niceties!

By: mikestallard

mikestallard — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:14:07 +0000

My son works for a company of architects. He is at managerial level.
Because clients are being rather slow in paying, there seems to be a slow down in liquidity.
So what happens?
The managers cancel their free cars. They agree to a pay cut. They have lots of work and they get there early and leave late to get it finished. The entire firm knows that the managers are on their side; they understand the problems and they are setting a good example.
MPs? Well, first off, the pensions have quietly been increased. This after Mr Brown ruined most people’s private pensions with a stealth tax. Now their expenses are to be kept secret – well done the Conservatives for not supporting this. Their hypocritical use of planes (including the Queen’s flight) are to be kept secret.
That is not leadership.
It is corruption on an EU scale.
And where was Mr McShane speaking from on Newsnight? Well, Brussels, natch.