All this shows to me is tha damned if you do, damned if you don't approach of the British Media, which makes me believe that despite how devious and self centred some of our politicians are, as a class they are still better than the non-accountable bar-room bores who make up the bulk of our press. Long live Leveson.

You don't travel - you're not promoting Britiain abroad
You do travel - you're wasting tax payers money
You think about commissioning a VIP jet - you are wating tax payers money
You fly with a charter airline, you should be flying the flag
You charter an aircraft and paint it to fly the flag - you are wasting tax payers money and so on