Khan’s Business Flights to Africa Produce Three Times More CO2 Than Brits Do in a Whole Year – Guido Fawkes

EXC: Khan’s Business Flights to Africa Produce Three Times More CO2 Than Brits Do in a Whole Year

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Sadiq Khan flew a whopping 12,021 miles on one trip last month for a vanity “historic Africa Trade Mission.” Will anyone think of the planet…

He declared at the time: “My visit marked a milestone: the first Mayor of London to lead a trade mission to Africa.” Guido will this afternoon mark a historic milestone by becoming the first man to run a marathon backwards with a milk bottle on his head…

Khan’s flights, obtained via Guido’s FoI Unit:

• London to Lagos (6h 35m): Premium Economy
• Lagos to Accra (1hr 05m): Economy. No appetite for the road or a short boat ride?
• Accra to Johannesburg (Overnight flight, 5h 55m): Business
• Johannesburg to Cape Town (2h 20m): Economy
• Cape Town to London (Overnight flight, 11h 40m): Business

The distances there total 12,021 miles. Khan also took a whopping eleven officials with him including a photographer, senior video producer, head of news, head of media, public affairs adviser, and ‘two international relations’ officers. Guido doesn’t notice anyone who has anything to do with trade on the list…

Khan spent 17 hours and 35 minutes in business – 63.7% of his total flight time of 27 hours and 35 minutes. The average Brit spends 6.8 hours in the air in an entire year…

The Mayor’s office has confirmed: “No private sector contributions, sponsorships, or offsets were used to co-fund or subsidise the trip.” So all on the taxpayer then…

C40 cities, the organisation of which Khan is co-chairman, has advocated for the public to be restricted to one short-haul return flight every three years. The Mayor is in active opposition to a third runway at Heathrow and has opened the door to legal action over his concerns for the environment. Considering each passenger releases 115 kg CO₂ per flight hour Guido calculates Khan and his posse released an eye-watering c32 tonnes of CO₂ from their flights alone. Three times the amount an average Brit emits in a full year from all sources. Could have been a Zoom?