I break my silence with a quote for today
So you've got to do this together and you've got to do it in a way that doesn't end up actually putting people off the green agenda by saying you must not have a good time anymore and can't consume.
Tony Blair
Blair does not want to stop taking his foreign holidays, I think this makes me ask a few questions
1. When the same man at times appears so concerned about the nation's health and families why does he allow us to do what we want in this case? After all it might be a case of having a good time now and pay for it later. OK he doesn't smoke and doesn't eat lots of junk food so his government can tell us that they are bad for us while he does not want to stop his jet-setting therefore he can't tell us what is good for us in this case. It makes sense.
2. Do we always have to go on holidays to exotic places and consume a lot (provided it's not cigarettes and junk food of course) to have a good time? My best holiday ever was when I went camping in Somerset with hardly any money in my pockets, but maybe I'm weird.
3. Blair might decide that he does not want to preach (that would be good) but that still should not stop him from giving a good example. I would not be offended if he decided to spend his holidays at the Isle of Wight.
Setting an example
The Blog with no name recently suggested that Blair was trying to practice what he preaches, in that as he doesn’t smoke or eat junk food, he tries to bring Government to bear on those that do; whereas as he enjoys foreign vacations, he keeps qu...