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People who don’t want to change their habits will take any reason not to.

• sokoloff 5y ago
  Which is perhaps all the more reason for spokespeople to act beyond reproach rather than an excuse to justify a 60km flight.
  • kergonath 5y ago
    It’s hopeless. It boils down to “I am not going to listen to you because you don’t follow the arbitrary standards I just set, and that I am going to redefine if I feel like it”. It’s the same mental gymnastics as brexiteers and trumpists who justify their behaviour because Londoners and liberals are mean to them. Besides, she is not a spokesperson. She is the head of the civil service. A 60km flight is terrible, no doubt about that. However, had it been 500, you’d have heard the exact same complaints.