, ?3 U1 v7 E2 u# N: N: [$ Y 但是紧接着切丽登机的一名旅客想携带两件行李箱登机，而机场方面只允许他带一件。该名旅客愤怒地说，“为什么对她(切丽)实行一套规则，对我实行另一种规则？我并不比切丽更像恐怖分子。” - C# p* {$ D3 U" y) Q 2 o" l8 C! P2 t2 _- c; Z/ C 消息曝光后，切丽被指滥用首相夫人权力。但是唐宁街10号对此予以否认，称切丽并没有违反规则。唐宁街10号一名女发言人说，“切丽及其随行人员共三人，携带三件行李，正好符合规则。”唐宁街10号称切丽和机场人员没有发生争吵，只是说双方“交谈时间过长”。 9 Z; B% d9 q% G5 Y; O' d' V " P6 J! e9 J, r) e$ X0 m 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。! ^2 e- ?5 `1 p5 s& Z4 M
7 o' ~% `6 P$ g; J) k6 D3 E) VCherie Blair’s Bad Air(port) Day " Z+ U5 N" Z& c+ A& S# p9 }2 r4 R: j+ g5 H( F: x$ \2 g
“I AM no more a terrorist than Cherie Blair is.” ) c) \1 r. j r * i( Y$ W) q- T) E* o( t, G' pSo says the unnamed passenger waiting to board a flight at London City Airport. * d6 F/ ~- B) j w* T! W& x ' U. ?7 o" P8 f: V. ANo-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.; s9 x' O' f; u1 K0 X6 n5 r
' ?4 u- k+ b. _& q( fIn such a climate, the Sun looks on as Cherie Blair approaches the border guards.5 ^+ a- C; q$ @5 ^% _* P7 H" I
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This 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. E" Z. e/ S& V
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But Cherie will not be denied. As the Sun says, for a full eight minutes she puts her case to the hapless airport worker. / R. {0 S0 I. c! I7 j+ ` t! t ) x: X' _; D$ M/ D8 nThis 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. , [, t) p' }6 ]$ [) D! \ 3 i+ ^+ N: ]5 d. M. E+ TThe 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?” 2 e: K$ b# k5 Y3 O * [$ ~+ {+ g8 A# C/ N( k3 Y; RThe 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. 2 A; b6 D' Z* P! F/ e5 F; [9 v 1 D, g% O1 i5 n1 f7 R8 N* qAs another witness says: “She had a handbag, another bag and quite a large holdall. She was becoming agitated, but determined to get her way.” ' R2 k3 R: B6 V8 g7 N' c 6 z& R$ h5 D9 e7 NHad Cherie been a terrorist this would have been the time to panic, or else detonate the explosives.# G+ }9 m( O8 c7 D2 Q
6 I7 B, E' N2 P/ R- [But 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.” 4 Z* y! _2 X1 P$ {0 ~ r/ z& k7 }% N3 g6 f9 X x# v& C* d( S' E
Pity that the language of the courtroom should infiltrate everyday life. But this is Blair’s Britain." T* E) u5 d; j6 s; P! C! ~
. ~. K$ z! J8 O. k, V& N* R( yThere 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.” * Y0 K' L$ ?. p* P% K $ H9 V. d( i: H4 C9 rAt least it is to the best of her recollection.( C+ f% M" D6 { C4 p
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The matter of Cherie's carbon footprint will appear before the jury at a later date...
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