LibDem Council Chief Jetted to Cannes Despite Cancelling ‘Carbon Intensive’ Red Arrows Air Show – Guido Fawkes

LibDem Council Chief Jetted to Cannes Despite Cancelling ‘Carbon Intensive’ Red Arrows Air Show

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There was fury this weekend as Bournemouth Council announced it was scrapping the beloved four-day Bournemouth Air Festival – a 16-year fixture that pulls in 600,000 fans and showcases the Red Arrows. The ‘cash-strapped’ council bleated it couldn’t stomach the £250,000 price tag. Carbon emissions from the planes and extra traffic were also trotted out as handy excuses to ground the spectacle…

Yet the LibDem leader of Bournemouth Council, Millie Earl, didn’t bat an eye about splashing council cash jetting off to MIPIM – a swanky, four-day real estate conference in sunny Cannes – held every March at the Palais des Festivals. An FOI request reveals her return flight from Gatwick to Nice cost the taxpayer a tidy £578. Earle even took to the stage to lecture on her “environmental campaigning” at the notoriously raucous gathering…

Elliot Keck of the TaxPayers’ Alliance said:

“Clearly this council leader operates on a do as I say, not do as I do policy, given she’s more than happy to jet off to the French Riviera for a boozy real estate bash but not happy to host an airshow that pumps tens of millions of pounds into the local economy.”

Hypocrisy flying high here…