Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

Sadly so

Thanks for the link.
Can we hope that Brooks (I assume the take on that bike was Brooks) sources carefully its leather? I have one of their leather bags, and there's a little text stamped inside the leather lid, explaining that although the bag itself it manufactured in China, the leather comes from England, English cows, etc... Beside the irritating fact that the process involved way too many miles across the globe, am I naive to assume that all Brooks leather products including bar tape are done this way? I bike so considering their prices...
There's also the durability of the product to be considered. I once had the Brooks tape (birthday present from work). I used it onto 3 set of bars, it was really tough, re wrapping was no problem at all. I last used it on my mercian, which I sold couple of years back. I still see the new owner now and then, who seems to commute daily on it, and the tape is still there... We're talking about a 6/7 years old tape here. I don't know how many (environmentally friendly? ) rolls of plastic tape would have been needed instead...
I'm not arguing here really though, I didn't know leather was that bad... I can see this now, but at the same time I'm still a bit unsure whether plastic would've considerably better.
I have successfully used cotton tape and shellac and it's the only durable and considerably cheaper alternative to leather I found so far. It's mad strong, I love it, but it's not a look for every bike... I personally don't mind, but people always say it's not comfy enough...

Edit/confession: I still have in my box some uninstalled Brooks tape. Was on sale for twenty pounds at the design museum (don't ask me why) and I had to buy it...