Downing Street says Starmer’s latest trip to Norway and Tallinn will be his last this year. Starmer will spend a rare two weeks on UK soil over Christmas. A tough gig…
Guido has therefore updated his longstanding Starmer flight tracker with 2024’s totals. Since he was elected Starmer will have spent 173 hours and 31 minutes in the air. That doesn’t include the time he actually spent on foreign soil…
173 hours and 31 minutes is equivalent to 7 days and 5 hours – more than a week spent continuously in the air. It’s also 4.3 full work weeks. If you were on a nonstop flight for that amount of time, you could fly around the world more than four times over. Will Starmer make his New Year’s resolution to be less afraid of British soil?
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”