So just a couple of frinstances:
Next time someone says something like “everyone agrees
that London must preserve its status as a hub airport”, ask them what they mean
by “everyone”, and “must”; and for that matter, if they know what a hub airport
is. [Dishonest arguments 17, 21, 34.] (It’s a transit lounge, which earns
our economy precisely nothing.)
When Gideon next says that we mustn’t tax ‘wealth
creators’ lest they flee the country, try to find a way of asking him who these
people are (the ones who haven’t already fled, that is), and why they haven’t
actually created any wealth yet, except for themselves of course. [Dishonest
argument #39, which isn’t in the book, but can be summarised as ‘lying’.]
Oh, and Lawson’s Dry Hills Pinot Noir is much better than it
sounds.
I understand two words of this: Pinot and Noir.
ReplyDeleteIf we shut down the airport completely we could trap all the wealth creators in the Country and tax them big time.
ReplyDeleteThe country is turning into a giant transit lounge anyway. People are either lounging or driving transits.
I find that thinking about a blog post, when I have something earnest to say, seems to get it out of my system so that I no longer have the urge to actually write it. But yes, you're right. I don't know about the Lawson's Dry Hills, but I take your word for that part of it.
ReplyDeleteMe too, Dinah, me too.
ReplyDeleteRog, I tried and tried to make something out of 'sic transit, gloria mondeo'. I failed, obvs.
Z, I'm glad I'm right, because that means at least one person thinks they know what I was on about. The planes were good though, I remember that bit.
I shall definitely try the Lawsons Dry Hills. Is a hub airport really a transit lounge? Weird.
ReplyDeleteIs that the Gideon who deals in hotel bibles - and does a hub airport hotel also have these bibles?
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