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Old Aug 16, 2009, 1:53 pm
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Originally Posted by baggageinhall
As a taxpayer, I am happy that the Government picked the cheapest deal.

Does anyone know how much the PM spends on charters each year? Is it time we bought an aircraft?

"Blair Force One" was going to cost in the region of £12M per year:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1826731.ece


Brown quite rightly decided to cancel Blair Force One:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...27/gordonbrown
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