Tony O'Neill, the council cabinet member for Finance, considered yesterday what car the Lord Mayor should lease for the 2007-2008 year.
Should it be a car that emits 214 g/km of CO2 (a Jaguar XJ 2.7TDVi LWB Sovereign in indigo blue, from their "VIP Leasing Scheme"), or should it be something that emits half as much CO2, like a hybrid Toyota Prius?
Of course they chose the Jag. After all, the Conservatives are the party of the environment, vote Blue, go Green.
Since the Lord Mayor is a symbolic post, there should have been a symbolic choice. Why was it more important to have an "executive" car than an environmental one? Their logic is that this type of Jaguar is the "most environmental" one in its class ... that's like saying someone who weights 450 pounds is thin ... when you compare them with 500 pounders.
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