Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson traveled from London to north-west Blackpool on Thursday: Instead of taking the three-hour train, according to LBC, Johnson flew to the well-known English seaside resort in his private jet. Environmentalists are shocked by this decision.
British radio station LBC has taken a close look at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest trip. Johnson is said to have flown from London Stansted to Warton, near Blackpool, on a government chartered plane on Thursday morning. The prime minister was to fly back to London the same evening.
Boris Johnson’s journey: train would have been more climate-friendly
Although at first glance the plane is seen as the fastest way to travel, domestic flights in particular are usually not much faster than traveling by train. This is also the case with Boris Johnson: The flight lasts only 40 minutes, but the prime minister first has to get to the airport and, once he has arrived in Warton, on to Blackpool. LBC calculated that it would have taken Johnson and his team a total of 2 hours and 30 minutes.
By train, on the other hand, the journey to Blackpool would have taken just 50 minutes longer and therefore not much longer than by private plane. In fact, the train station is just 17 minutes by car from Downing Street, while Stansted Airport is an hour and a half drive.
Labor Party: Private jet flight is “a waste of taxes”
Environmentalists told LBC they were shocked by the decision. Paul Tuohy, who campaigns for better and more sustainable transport with the For Better Transport campaign, explains: “Flying to Blackpool sends a completely wrong message about what kind of transport future we want. That is shocking from a Prime Minister who who talks about tackling climate change.”
The opposition Labor Party has accused Boris Johnson of wasting taxpayers’ money: Party deputy leader Angela Rayner told LBC: “Boris Johnson and his government keep demonstrating how little respect they have for our money.” The government around Johnson had previously been confronted with questions about the use of private jets, in particular because it has committed to zero climate-damaging emissions in the UK by 2050.
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