I can't say I agree with the super-cheap flights but neither am I enamoured of the superficial responses of politicians. UK Tories are suggesting that everyone gets a nice 2000 miles/year allowance so we can all have our nice holidays. OK - that means that my yob cousin (trust me: he is a yob) and his mates can jet off to Dublin or wherever for debauched stag parties, but I (and a lot of other immigrants) can't afford to go visit our relatives once a year.

When they knock private/corporate jets on the head, as well as world/business/first class seats and *very* short haul flights, I'll start taking them seriously.

Oh - and another thing about cheap flights. I work for a small arts group. Cheap flights make international co-operation and networking possible for us, whereas they used to be solely for the well-funded mainstream arts groups.

I'm actually very pro-conservation but the current proposals will just 'inconvenience' the rich or well-funded, while cutting the rest of us out of the picture all together. Level up the playing field, politicians!

sian