Duncan is angry that some poor little Oliver Twist like urchins with barely a limb between them have been packed off to the World Cup after their school organised a particularly expensive school trip only for the money to go to some dodgy touts and no tickets to turn up. Fortunately, Mr Blair stepped in and saved the day and now the diddled kids can have a lovely time in Germany.

According to theguardian, the silver lining did have a cloud though:

Most of the children are to be flown out by British Airways