WTF - D.Cameron on Ryanair.

The Diabolical Monocle · 13-04-2014 03:46PM #1

How does that work then ??

There'd have to be a full security detail.
Would there even be any general public on board.
Would he get charged for excess baggage.

By Darren McCaffrey, Sky News Political Reporter
With schools having broken up and Parliament in recess ahead of Easter, David Cameron has jetted off on holiday to Lanzarote.

The Prime Minister flew to the island with his wife Samantha yesterday on budget airline Ryanair, where he will spend six nights at a refurbished resort hotel.

The break in the Spanish island will provide welcome relief after a difficult week that saw the resignation of Culture Secretary Maria Miller over her expenses.

David Cameron, who tends to take at least one sunny European holiday a year, has in the past used Easyjet as well as Ryanair.

At a time of continued austerity, all party leaders, conscious of the impact of cuts, have made a point of using low cost airlines.

The Prime Minister has in the past spoken of the benefits of 'chillaxing' having also confessed to using computer games and running to relax.

The Sunday Times reports that this Easter break will be spent at a yoga retreat, which charges £1,000 a week for two and combines the traditional style of the island with Moroccan and Indonesian influences.

Lanzarote has a population of 130,000 and is a key market for British tourism with over half a million having visited the island last year according to the Canary Islands Statistics Institute.

The Prime Minister faces a full in-tray when he returns however, with the State Opening of Parliament and local and European elections scheduled for May.

I guess he is home with the downies after all.

Stavros Murphy · 13-04-2014 03:53PM

Yeah, and they cleared the island for him too. What's the big deal? He's a bloke, not a footballer, ffs.

Ruu · 13-04-2014 03:59PM

I wonder what computer games he plays! That you swine, and here's one for England as well!

MadYaker · 13-04-2014 04:04PM

I don't see what the big deal is here, he isn't a millionaire and doesn't have his own jet (as far as I know) Ryanair are the cheapest and often are the most convenient if you aren't flying to a big city. It wasn't just him and his wife, he must have had security with him too.

snubbleste · 13-04-2014 04:09PM

Hasn't he already flown a number of times with Ryanair since becoming PM?
Value for money for the UK taxpayer

kneemos · 13-04-2014 04:11PM

His advisors will have told him to use Ryanair no doubt
Getting down with the people innit.

Stavros Murphy · 13-04-2014 04:13PM

kneemos wrote: »

His advisors will have told him to use Ryanair no doubt
Getting down with the people innit.

They probably bought a plane and painted it Ryanair colours to shut all the whingers up. He touches down in lanzarotten, has his piccie taken them fecks off to Monaco on a carriage pulled by swans when no-ones looking.

errlloyd · 13-04-2014 04:13PM

I'm pretty impressed. I don't care if it's just a gimmick or a stunt, it at least demonstrates some awareness.

snubbleste · 13-04-2014 04:17PM

2011 David Cameron whisks away wife on Ryanair flight to Malaga

The Diabolical Monocle · 13-04-2014 04:18PM

kneemos wrote: »

His advisors will have told him to use Ryanair no doubt
Getting down with the people innit.

errlloyd wrote: »

I'm pretty impressed. I don't care if it's just a gimmick or a stunt, it at least demonstrates some awareness.

He's hip.
When I grow up I want to be David Cameron.

DC 2 kool 4 skool.

Stavros Murphy · 13-04-2014 04:19PM

errlloyd wrote: »

I'm pretty impressed. I don't care if it's just a gimmick or a stunt, it at least demonstrates some awareness.

Here's the news - all over Europe, Politicians are pretty down to earth. It's only here, In good ol Ireland that they think Mercs and the Shelbourne are roughing it. And that's just the local TDs.

awec · 13-04-2014 04:19PM

snubbleste wrote: »

Hasn't he already flown a number of times with Ryanair since becoming PM?
Value for money for the UK taxpayer

I'm pretty sure he pays for his own holidays out of his own money.

mickdw · 13-04-2014 04:24PM

awec wrote: »

I'm pretty sure he pays for his own holidays out of his own money.

And Im pretty sure as Prime Minister, he can avail of a government aircraft even for holidays for reasons of security among others.

The Diabolical Monocle · 13-04-2014 04:31PM

Its not about the money though - its just bizarre, one step away from the queen hailing a taxi outside the o2.

I wonder does he grab his hand baggage and rush for the door when they land.

What if you were sat in the seats near the toilets. Thats an update on your facebook - #cmrn tking sht 5 feet from me.

maryishere · 13-04-2014 04:33PM

our own b*****d politicians have used our government jet for piss ups, ffs.

Amirani · 13-04-2014 04:33PM

maryishere wrote: »

our own b*****d politicians have used our government jet for piss ups, ffs.

Have they?

MrPudding · 13-04-2014 04:39PM

awec wrote: »

I'm pretty sure he pays for his own holidays out of his own money.

For himself and his family. The taxpayer would pick up the bill for his security, I would expect.

MrP

snubbleste · 13-04-2014 04:40PM

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/04/07/article-0-0B8779ED00000578-380_233x343.jpg

maryishere · 13-04-2014 04:46PM

Diego Simeone wrote: »

Have they?

not just that part in the papers some years ago, but even for a minister to go to Derry while his government Audi A6 car drove there to collect him.
Our ministers would not lower themselves to travel with ordinary people.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/irish-minister-noel-dempsey-i-was-wrong-to-take-state-jet-to-derry-28552045.html

Errr...why does little old leprechaun man need to spend €759,000 on using the government jet going to and from England last week, a distance of an hours flight, when the prime minister of the UK and a G7 leader Cameron and his family fly by Ryanair - an Irish airline - to Lanzarote?

AllGunsBlazing · 13-04-2014 04:52PM

Dave flies Ryan Air because he's just another regular, everyday person trying to enjoy life while saving a bit of money where he can in these more austere times. Just like the rest of us.

Or at least thats how it was explained to him when his PR man handed him the tickets.

Amirani · 13-04-2014 04:57PM

maryishere wrote: »

why does little old leprechaun man need to spend €759,000 on using the government jet going to and from England last week, a distance of an hours flight, when the prime minister of the UK and a G7 leader Cameron and his family fly by Ryanair - an Irish airline - to Lanzarote?

There's a different between diplomatic trips and holidays.

darkpagandeath · 13-04-2014 05:02PM

Yeah I'm not one to bash the government .... But it is a bit galling when you find out Our Taoiseach gets paid more than the American president. And all his European counterparts.

relaxed · 13-04-2014 05:04PM

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Its not about the money though - its just bizarre, one step away from the queen hailing a taxi outside the o2.

.

It's not bizarre, Blair used do it too. There's no real security issue as nobody will have a gun in an airport.

The queen may not get a taxi from the O2 but late Middleton goes to a asda for her shopping.

The Diabolical Monocle · 13-04-2014 05:17PM

relaxed wrote: »

It's not bizarre, Blair used do it too. There's no real security issue as nobody will have a gun in an airport.

The queen may not get a taxi from the O2 but late Middleton goes to a asda for her shopping.

I wonder does she bring a stray trolley back if she sees a pound in the slot.

kub · 13-04-2014 05:24PM

snubbleste wrote: »

Hasn't he already flown a number of times with Ryanair since becoming PM?
Value for money for the UK taxpayer

Pity some of the shower we elect don't do similar.

razorblunt · 13-04-2014 05:25PM

Did a lot of work last year in Paris and Gordon Brown was frequently on the flight. He'd get driven to the steps and sat in 1a with a security presence in 2a,c and 1d. The abuse he'd get for making people stand in the cold waiting to board was hilarious. Water off a ducks back though he'd sit there with the head down reading notes.

Amirani · 13-04-2014 05:50PM

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Yeah I'm not one to bash the government .... But it is a bit galling when you find out Our Taoiseach gets paid more than the American president. And all his European counterparts.

Galling because it's incorrect?

Barack Obama's yearly pay is $400,000, or €288,000.

Angela Merkel's yearly pay is €250,000.

Jean-Claude Juncker's yearly pay is €210,000.

Enda Kenny's yearly pay is €200,000.

darkpagandeath · 13-04-2014 06:04PM

Think you maybe missing out other salaries they could still be claiming and pensions from different pots. Yes on paper what you say is correct. But maybe not in reality when all the other amounts are added together.

Amirani · 13-04-2014 06:06PM

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Think you maybe missing out other salaries they could still be claiming and pensions from different pots. Yes on paper what you say is correct. But maybe not in reality when all the other amounts are added together.

All the other leaders claim expenses and get pensions too. Your claim was correct afaik during the later Ahern/early Cowen years. It's not anymore though.

policarp · 13-04-2014 06:09PM

He's trying to build up his air miles.

porsche959 · 13-04-2014 06:09PM

MadYaker wrote: »

I don't see what the big deal is here, he isn't a millionaire

Er, he is.

WTF - D.Cameron on Ryanair.

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