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minus-square NuPNuA ( @NuPNuA@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink3•1 year agoPrevious PMs didn’t use helicopters and private planes, they used trains and roads like the rest of us. I’m happy to pay for a train fit Sunek, not a helicopter.
minus-square mannycalavera ( @mannycalavera@feddit.uk ) linkfedilink1•1 year agoActually they did. Here’s Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair doing exactly this. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/apr/12/uk.freedomofinformation
minus-square merridew ( @merridew@feddit.uk ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoAnd being heavily criticised for it.
Previous PMs didn’t use helicopters and private planes, they used trains and roads like the rest of us. I’m happy to pay for a train fit Sunek, not a helicopter.
Actually they did. Here’s Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair doing exactly this.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/apr/12/uk.freedomofinformation
And being heavily criticised for it.