Ryanair in self-promotion shocker!

Fed up with only getting into the broadsheets by buying an advert or two, Micheal O'Lairy has re-invented himself as the people's champion, saving us all from 'Greedy Gordon' and his evil tax grabbing ways (surely 'returning APD to its 1999/2000 budgetary level' - Ed.).

Funny how a company which got rich by demmanding bungs from local councils to fly into their airports can accuse anyone else of highway robbery isn't it? But, as the Independent reports, O'Dearie goes further, taking on lastminute.com and other travel agents in a battle over overcharging for flights.

It's a bit rich really, seeing as Ryanair charge you extra for the pleasure of needing a wheelchair to get you to your plane - but what's really odd about the article is that it is, for all intents and purposes, just an advert: we're cheaper because we cut out the middleman.

Can't be as bad as the Grauniad though: they've hired him to vent spleen on their God-forsaken (but Spiked-journo-infested) blogspace Comment Is Free (although PS activist Joss Garman's pieces are, of course, well worth the visit!). Could O'Lordy be paving the way for a new career, following the announcement that he 'retiring' to spend more time with his family?