Monday, April 19, 2010

A BENEFIT FROM ICELAND IS THAT SOME REAL FLY MEN ARE BEING PUNISHED.

Air Travel is one of the nastiest polluters of our environment, the amount of gas and contamination spewed out of an engine which propels a massive machine carrying hundreds of people through the air at hundreds of miles an hour is enormous. Poor old Mother Earth has been subjected to this abuse for a long long time not only from aircraft of course but the air travel industry somehow for me epitomises the worst of the greed and lack of concern for people and the environment that is motivated by the pursuit of more and more wealth (capitalism how are ye) I sometimes have to remind myself that Ryanair is not a caricature and it’s owner O’Leary is not a fictional character created by Armando Iannucci, a flying Malcolm Tucker if you will, it is a real airline and O’Leary is a real person; how did it ever come to this?

Very low-cost air travel defies belief; the fuel; the airport runway costs; the staff costs etc. would lead me to stop and think before buying. The elephant in the room is of course for a braying rapacious capitalist company, how do they make their profit? The answer it would seem is by charging for as many extras as they can dream up, many of which are foisted on an unsuspecting travelling public, at least Dick Turpin wore a mask right?

It is necessary to refer to only one of these sting extras to put this company into perspective. Mr. O’Leary and his airline it would seem are considering charging travellers to use the toilet when flying, £1 to ‘spend a penny’ since you ask; families beware; have enough £1 coins for the children and don’t let them drink fluids for a few hours before boarding. Some are threatening to just wet the seat and others to urinate in the isle, some may in fact be forced to do just that because Ryanair have removed toilets to cram in more passengers and each plane apparently has only one loo, it sounds like the journey to and from Hell. What passengers should do was suggested by someone in a paper I read today. They should collect and keep their plastic drinks bottles and carry a funnel and use them for the toilet they should then be deposited in a large container as they leave the plane; the sign on the container should read “we at Ryanair are pleased to take the piss” I remember arguing against deregulation and privatisation when Thatcher was selling off everything to her friends, well I told you so didn’t I? Privatisation makes some already rich people even richer and the price the rest of us have to pay is the emergence of the likes of O’Leary and Willie Walsh, being second generation Irish I am ashamed.

As I watched mother earth display her awe-inspiring power from Iceland I couldn’t help but think on Walsh and his vicious union busting policies, he can’t bully nature though, also the unacceptable face of capitalism O’Leary (B.T.W. I heard O’Leary is fond of showing people his watch which he proudly proclaims was sold to him by his dad on his death bed) Notwithstanding the plight of those who are stranded by the volcano eruption it will be a comfort to many who have been exploited by such people that mother nature is kicking their butts.

Is it not about time that the con men and spivs who took over rail; air travel etc. under Thatcher were relieved of these services and the state restored some honesty and decency to the nations travel arrangements?

18 comments:

David Duff said...

Talking of "con men and spivs", Councillor, I really do think it is time you gave your faithful readership the inside story on Mr. Purcell.

Also, according to Guido, " the candidate selected to replace Jim Devine has been reported to the police by his own council boss for alleged offences under the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act."

http://order-order.com/2010/04/19/gordons-gangsters/

Honestly, Councillor, we southerners look to you for the latest political intelligence on your golden city and this silence of yours, so untypical, is raising suspicions!

Byeck said...

And another thing...where have your supportive posts and the unsupportive comments on MacLennan of Moray gone?

Have the heavies from John Smith House been round to Casa Kelly?

Cllr Terry Kelly said...

(Byeck) 22/04/10
I discussed the posts with some trusted colleagues who were of the opinion that they might cause a diversion from the task of winning the election; contacts from some friends in the newspaper industry confirmed this so I took them down.
My posts are not as important as Labour winning the election and it seems that Mr. Cameron is not quite the odds on fav. After all.

Cllr Terry Kelly said...

Have you found Mr. Devine and Mr. Purcell guilty of something? how very right wing and undemocratic of you, I reckon that you might be the very man to get the trains running on time.

Byeck said...

Kelly @ 12.36

Your blog 'might cause a diversion from ...winning the election'

Delusions of grandeur, Terry!

Be honest, the boys paid you a wee visit and gave some advice, didn't they and like all cowards, you caved in and hung MacLennan out to dry.

Cllr Terry Kelly said...

(Byeck) 16:00
The people I spoke to were friends whom I trust but; there are some quite important points which you seem to have missed.
Should the senior SNP member who smeared the young activist who died still be an SNP party member and should the openly homophobic bigot Chris Grayling Shadow Tory home secretary still be a member of the Tory Party.

Anonymous said...

Where exactly did Duff accuse Devine and Purcell of anything?

Cllr Terry Kelly said...

(Anonymous) 24/04/10
The language that Duff uses in these matters not only on this occasion clearly suggests that anyone from Labour who is accused of anything is guilty; do you think he believes them to be innocent having read his comments?

David Duff said...

Having been somewhat busy I have missed these comments. Really, Councillor, you must try and do better. All of my queries have been pleas to you to tell us what is going on because I have no knowledge and therefore no views on the subject.

But still, from you "The rest is silence."

Byeck said...

Oh dear, Councillor, yet another Labour PPC - Cowan, S.E. Cambridgeshire - dumped by the Party for naughtiness!

Is crass stupidity seen as a plus by Labour?

Honestly, you couldn't make it up!

Anonymous said...

Councillor, my question was based on this post, no other. So, I'll ask again, where, in this post, has he accused Devine or Purcell?

Cllr Terry Kelly said...

I believe that on this post and others he has sent he has already found them guilty, what do you think; stop playing games; what do you think?

Cllr Terry Kelly said...

There are thousands of candidates standing at this election but you seem to only find fault with Labour; do you ever stop to think just how pathetic that is; it's completely senseless.

Cllr Terry Kelly said...

I have answered this.

Byeck said...

Kelly @ 10.46

There may be thousands standing, but only Labour have had to bin candidates for being cretins.

And Cowan has form - he was previously kicked out by the Lib Dems.

Labour's vetting procedure needs fine tuning, dont you think?

Cllr Terry Kelly said...

(Byeck) 14:06
The Tories have overtly homophobic bigots as candidates and the Lib. Dems. refuse to give back a huge sum of money which they took from a convicted fraudster. Had Labour done anything like that the press/media would have gone berserk and you would have had a breakdown. They and you are two faced.

Byeck said...

Kelly @ 4.49

You're struggling with this one, son.

Still, with you being leaned on by the Labour Heavy Mob, I'll be kind and leave it.

Cllr Terry Kelly said...

(Byeck) 26/04/10
“You're struggling with this one, son”
Not so but I do appreciate your concern.