A month ago, shortly before his second ‘Mayor’s Green Summit‘, Andy Burnham was in the south of France. Talking about how important it was for Manchester to be carbon neutral by 2038.
How did he get there? Well, the journalist dutifully reporting the story didn’t seem to ask. And the glorious Mayor didn’t answer a tweet about it.
But, you know, there’s always still the Freedom of Information Act.
He flew there. And back. You knew this. We all knew this, all along.
You have to weep for this species. And all the other species it is exterminating.
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He could so easily have gone by train but, was his trip really necessary?