Fanning the flames

A sensible suggestion?  If you had booked a foreign holiday and were waiting for a passport, what would you think?  The Guardian reports:

People caught up in the passport backlog should consider holidaying in Britain instead of going abroad, the tourism minister, Helen Grant, has said.

And, just to rub salt in the wound, Ms Grant - the Marie Antoinette of Westminster - is at present in Brazil for the World Cup.