Patch@feddit.uk to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 11 months agoGovernment shelves £40m contract for helicopter transport for Rishi Sunakwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10
arrow-up148arrow-down1external-linkGovernment shelves £40m contract for helicopter transport for Rishi Sunakwww.theguardian.comPatch@feddit.uk to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareNuPNuA@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·11 months 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-squaremannycalavera@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoActually they did. Here’s Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair doing exactly this. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/apr/12/uk.freedomofinformation
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