Comments on: Defra’s luxurious bird flu jaunt

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» Have you met the new Australian Prime Minister? — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:10:22 +0000

[...] Remember Defra’s luxurious bird flu jaunt? You won’t because it was kept very quiet, but it was when Labour lovvies were treated to a luxurious stay at a top hotel at the tax payers expense on the premise that they were protecting us from bird flu. Don’t you just love them? And we thought the left wing were all about sharing, unity, the power of the people and other Trotskyite vales. Must have misunderstood something there. [...]

By: simon

simon — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:23:40 +0000

government spending makes me ill sometimes. We now have a labor government here and they are traditionally big spenders in all the wrong areas…. A bit like Animal Farm

By: Maalie

Maalie — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:07:45 +0000

I was always given luxurious accommodation in Dundee when I was an external examiner at the University there – but not quite as luxurious as that! I always felt that a simple B+B would have been quite sufficient, but they wouldn’t hear of it!

By: Welshcakes Limoncello

Welshcakes Limoncello — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:39:38 +0000

Quite right, Ellee. What a waste of taxpayers’ money.

By: Ian Lidster

Ian Lidster — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:26:55 +0000

Politicians are such swine, and they consistently ‘don’t get it’ in their repulsive sense of entitlement.

By: Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:07:20 +0000

All enjoying local turkey dinners, I’m sure!

By: jameshigham

jameshigham — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:14:37 +0000

You’re posting some brilliant stuff lately, Ellee [not that you don't always]. I have DEFRA in the sights for Sunday.

By: JohnofScribblesheet

JohnofScribblesheet — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:12:03 +0000

Well, I think this matter is inconsequential. As long as they didn’t infringe any policies, whats the big deal. These people are away from their families in an unknown place. Why cant they stay in a nice place.

We have to remember that the government and individuals that work for the government are not the same thing. Why should I a member of Defra have to stay in a poor Hotel because the government messed up on bird flu?

By: Marymary

Marymary — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:46:53 +0000

Living in N Ireland, politics is something that I lost interest in long ago. I even stopped voting for a while. However since Gordon Brown became Prime Minister I feel the country is in “free fall.” He may be a good Mathematician, but a Leader, I fear not.

By: Winchester whisperer

Winchester whisperer — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:47:41 +0000

The Govt goes from bad to worse. The only good news is that it will be out in 2010.