Ciao, Tony
‘THAT we should be so lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky to be asylum seekers. Instead, we’re saddled with debts, and a future that says no pension, no NHS and no World Cups.
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| We’re all going on a summer holiday |
We have no-one to complain to, either, since our MPs are off on their 81-day summer holidays this afternoon.
The Mirror reminds readers that our top politicians get four months off work each year, and have already taken five days off at the turn of the year, 12 days off at Whitsun and 10 days off over Easter.
Interestingly enough, the dash to Tuscany coincides with Transport Secretary Alistair Darling’s unveiling of a plan to increase the number of runways at Stansted, Heathrow and Manchester airports.
When parliament reconvenes, look out for tax breaks for people buying second homes on the continent, index linked Chianti and generous perks for employing non-domestic au pairs.
Or asylum seekers, as the Mail would have it.
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Posted: 24th, July 2002 | In: Tabloids Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
