Look it is about time that our countries Monarch and the ever would be presidents that have been elected under her got the opportunity to arrive throughout the world with a bit more style.
Blair is travelling far more now than Bush will during his entire reign.
We might not be the Worlds only Super power any more but we are not far from it and at the moment Tony Blair pulls more of a punch than George Bush in the International community.
The Queen and PM need and deserve to have a golden carriage of the Air especially now we are in the 21 st Century.
France, Germany, Russia, Japan and of course the US all have their own long range impressive aircraft and its damm well time that if they have one we should have one as well!!!!!!!!!
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SB