Fly Me To Dunoon And Let Me Lecture Them On Carbon

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You know, if you're tasked with actively promoting a lowering of carbon emissions in the country, then perhaps you should hold yourself to a higher standard than those you are lecturing.

The Scottish Government's Climate Change Division has been rather embarrassingly found to have been flying their staff all over the place - 105 times in the last 3 years to places as far afield as, er, London.

I can understand them flying overseas to Bali (if they really have to), but there is no need for them to be going by plane when they aren't leaving the UK's shores.

If nothing else, if you work in this field for any government, you know that at some point someone is going to discover the figures, either published by the government or through a Freedom of Information request.

Why open yourself up to the potential red face?