Hypocrite: Boris Johnson on the boarding ramp of the plane he took from London to Cornwall, talking about creating a “greener” world after causing five times as much pollution as if he had just taken the train.
Once again, Boris Johnson humiliates everybody in the UK before the leaders of the world.
He said he will ask fellow G7 leaders to contribute to creating a “greener” world – but travelled to the meeting at which he’ll do it in an aeroplane. The short flight from London to Cornwall created almost five times more greenhouse gas emissions than the equivalent train journey would have, according to the government’s own emission figures.
Shadow Environment Secretary Luke Pollard said the stunt was “plane stupid” and This Writer agrees with him.
I stated in a tweet: “Typical doubletalk from Boris Johnson – claiming to be building a greener Britain while undermining it.”
Others were less charitable:
Do you really think that Boris Johnson who flew in a jet from London to Cornwall which is around 250 miles and than tweets from the aircrafts doorway that he's building a greener Britain is sincere? He just the windup artist for the 1%. #G7 https://t.co/pnjLHMlmNI
— John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) (@Harryslaststand) June 9, 2021
“The windup artist for the One Per Cent”? It’s a good point.
If the world is to reach “jet zero” emissions, how many of the flights that ordinary people take will be cancelled?
And how many flights taken by the super-rich, and by politicians like Johnson, will also be cancelled?
I’m willing to bet that the answers to those two questions are as follows: Many – and none.
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