Wednesday 11 March 2009

Charity begins at home

The news that 10 'celebs' have scaled Mount Kilimanjairo has been reported in the national press very favourably, and each of them will benefit considerably from the publicity. The whole trip however has been tarnished with the news that Gary Barlow paid 90k to fly all of the party home in a private jet. Apparently the prospect of an arduous flight home was too much for the blond-haired songwriter so he stumped up the cash to ensure the flight home was both luxurious, and direct. One can understand his motives, and I am sure they all fell very tired after the expedition. But surely they could have had the humility to have travelled back like normal folk, and maybe even donate the 90k to the Comic Relief coffers. Correct me if I am wrong but in the moment GB got his credit card out, he proved to the world he was totally missing the point of the trip.

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