Emma Thompson to decide where you go on holiday

[policecar]

EMMA THOMPSON TO DECIDE WHERE YOU GO ON HOLIDAY



OSCAR winner Emma Thompson is to chair a new committee which will decide where you spend your summer holidays.

The Thompson committee will publish a list of approved holiday destinations in January each year along with a recommended mode of low carbon transport.

Thompson, who swims to all of her filming locations around the world, said: "I had the idea while I was swimming the Atlantic en route to the Golden Globe awards in Beverly Hills.

"I phoned Stephen Fry for advice but he said he couldn't talk because he was in New Zealand making a documentary about parrots. I said 'I hope you swam there' and he assured me that he had."


She added: "Unless you're a very good swimmer, like me, I'm afraid your choices will be rather limited.

"For 2009 we're looking at Widnes, Harrogate and Dundee. We've also got two weeks on a park bench in Port Talbot, working your way through a meat paste sandwich while it absolutely pisses down.

"France is really only available to strong swimmers, and if you are planning to travel on to the Dordogne you will have to allow for an extra eight weeks walking time.

"Or you could just stay at home and watch me and Will Ferrell in Stranger than Fiction which we filmed in the magnificent city of Chicago. That was a lovely swim."

[Beachcomber]

LOL ....... excelent post

[saddamy]

so where can we go on winter holidays??

[ricklinc]

I wonder for how long this saving the planet thing is going to be fashionable. It's already dragging on a bit. It's not like these trendy campaign followers ever finish anything they start. Despite all the expended urine the whale is still in great danger. They had a success with the fox-hunting ban but that's done more harm than good. And of course people would still be dying in Africa if it wasn't for Bob Geldof.

[mids]

hahaha!

[sushimo]

Species become extinct, new species evolve, the world spins on and on, and changes occur naturally. It's nature at it's best and worst, but 99% of what's happening is a normal cycle - in my opinion.

Sure, man has changed the world to suit him, and done an abysmal job of it ecologically in the name of progress. We need to slow down, we desperately need to save the rainforests, and we need to be more green for our own survival.

But, I do get livid with governments that put excess costs on things in the name of ecology and then never tell us what they are spending that money on.

[policecar]

I like to think I'm pretty open minded on the whole climate change debate. However the more I read into it the less convinced I become. The data employed to argue mans impact on the ice caps would appear to be fundamentally flawed and the whole global warming industry is constructed on a tissue of lies and misinformation.

[justmyopinion]

"But, I do get livid with governments that put excess costs on things in the name of ecology and then never tell us what they are spending that money on. "

Hypothecation of taxes ensures that specific revenues are spent on specific and pre-identified initiatives. Green taxes will not be hypothecated, they will be merged into general fund revenue and a fraction of the revenue will be spent on high profile green initiatives to keep us happy and promote the government's green credentials.

[gaia]

excellent post!

[justmyopinion]

By the way, Emma Thompson is also a part of the "buy up a bit of the proposed 3rd runway at Heathrow" brigade.

Bit of an eco warrior it seems or the film offers have dried up.