Dear Plane Stupid, volume two
Last week we posted a letter from a climate activist, who pointed out that since we drew up our policies on aviation and airport expansion, the science had moved on. The latest science is far less optimistic than we'd hoped.
I commented that we often get illiterate rants from supporters of airport expansion. Strangely, most of the pro-flying letters tend to be typed in green ink, and this little gem is no exception. This week's letter of the week comes from a London cabby, who thinks we should all have a wash, get a job and, presumably, vote Boris.
"ive just seen your pitures on your disgusting website you make me sick why dont u scruffy dressed left wing communists go get up off your backsides and get proper jobs and stop using txpayers money that you scrounge of the social which comes out of my taxes which i have to fork outafter working hard as a taxi driver 10 hours a day 6 days a week so get back in the hole you came from you guardian reading arse holes theres no proof at all about co2 its just revenue making from the goverment to get more money out of decent hard working people like me if you want to blame anyone go to that left wing communist one man freak show mayor arsehole ken of london who puts out all those diesel beltching bendy buses who trundle all over london most of the day with just a a few passengers bring back someone like thatcher to this country to kick it back in shape bdown with the left wing communists get out of bed in the morning you scroungers im up at 6 am not 11 long live easyjet ryanair etc"
Wow! Pity the poor "txpayers" who've stumbled upon our "pitures". And little did I realise the 'Red Ken' was the cause of all our troubles!
In the spirit of goodwill, I'd like to remind Mr. Cabby of a famous utterance by the Iron Lady.
"We're all environmentalists now."