. y- h5 \5 c& `3 f5 } 2006年8月，英国当局称，他们挫败了一起企图用液体炸弹引爆数架从希思罗机场出发飞往美国的飞机。这次事件直接导致英国开始执行新的更加严格的登机行李规定。2006年11月英国交通部出台规定，只允许旅客携带一件小型行李登机。: o: @! }. D D6 K
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Cherie Blair’s Bad Air(port) Day * U3 E& f1 }! f * p# @/ D' q9 ]( s1 r; w% } G“I AM no more a terrorist than Cherie Blair is.” ' Y9 `1 ] d" |3 I( V+ O% P ?0 `; w9 g6 e
So says the unnamed passenger waiting to board a flight at London City Airport. ( ^, N3 l! B2 `! a" P u6 Q r7 B* q+ {& ~+ `
No-one can be above suspicion in the ensuing war on terror. And certainly not the Prime Minster’s wife, who has voiced an opinion on the matter of suicide bombing.. h9 e, y* O% q* F+ j% \
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In such a climate, the Sun looks on as Cherie Blair approaches the border guards.5 a5 j }' }4 K- e$ R, X0 i
0 t# }0 S0 ^5 [. z$ q0 I# {6 R3 S8 O1 aThe paper reports that she has in her possession three pieces of hand luggage. 6 ~- \& s5 [7 W) d - p0 J! I/ k) t/ s1 UThis is in clear breach of Blair’s Terror Laws No.3208a that states no passengers shall have on their person any more than one item of luggage. 2 S/ F) s+ N ?, E - F6 s+ b" p. z$ @0 P9 pBut Cherie will not be denied. As the Sun says, for a full eight minutes she puts her case to the hapless airport worker.8 O4 i7 O7 J5 o! y9 k
: P$ w: y# R- A) z6 cThis is a war of attrition. There can be only one winner. And Cherie is allowed to pass with all bags intact and about her person.! ^1 O! N1 s3 o& o0 V3 j
+ ~( f4 X, K$ ^( j, b. {& WThe passenger behind is outraged. They ask the aforesaid question. And they put forward another puzzler: “Why should there be one rule for her and one for me?”; ?/ ?; I2 d+ p1 l" P f7 l
& _+ ~, s: m# c3 O6 T# m& d; DThe simple answer is that it is because Cherie’s husband and his coterie make the laws. Tough luck that this passenger married badly. Dim foresight dictates they must place one of their two bags in the hold.3 ]! B6 t. f, j& T4 e) Y# ~
8 c) g0 z2 @; c. C7 A+ `) J) M) C3 dAs another witness says: “She had a handbag, another bag and quite a large holdall. She was becoming agitated, but determined to get her way.”) F3 a, n1 T/ z9 \' `
5 ^. W8 q. ^. ]Had Cherie been a terrorist this would have been the time to panic, or else detonate the explosives. ) J; H) N3 |7 C5 }. K- D! y N + u% M7 ~: }/ \* m) wBut it turns out that beardless Cherie was not packing an explosive device. And she was not travelling alone. Her spokeswoman tells us: “There were three people in Mrs Blair’s party and three pieces of hand luggage. The rules were met. We rest our case.” * s" C2 u3 g! p; c X ! i- ?. O9 ^- x A. n q- zPity that the language of the courtroom should infiltrate everyday life. But this is Blair’s Britain. * [* A2 f- t' y5 E3 j% b 6 X1 M! v% {+ m; L- rThere was no argument. There was no hissy fit. Asked if there was an “extended talk” with staff beyond normal safety questions, Cherie’s spokeswoman confirmed: “That is my understanding.”( C" d2 Q3 R, }* D G: w
5 y$ h9 `6 o3 p7 d, I oAt least it is to the best of her recollection.6 v8 y: ~' H: R$ i8 T
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The matter of Cherie's carbon footprint will appear before the jury at a later date...
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