This is one of the biggest decisions the country will ever make possibly screwing up one of the things which does actually still work......just !
.....Heathrow could well sink in a mountain of debt based on this decision.
Whilst we are hearing lots of sound bites , forensic detail around financing is of course totally ignored.
Grayling has reiterated that not a penny of government money is be spent on Heathrow BUT one presumes he will use smoke and mirror tactics and will referr to the runway and not the supporting infastructure.
And of course the scrutiny of the nation's mouthpiece on this "It's your BBC" will as ever be sadly lacking.
No paxmanesque interrogation from BBCKamalAhmad and BBCwestcott thank you very much. These ineffectual lightweights really should be syphoned off to Ceebeebies.
Politically I'm an aethist however I cannot BELIEVE that Labour are about to miss such an open goal.
Given SNP support is now wavering Corbyn could have imposed The Whip (assuming he has control of the party ) and actually defeated the Government on this.
You can argue on other forums the rights and wrongs of decisions based on politics over moral substance, that is another arguemnt BUT having 100 Mps voting against their own leader is to say the least a bewildering juxtaposition in today's politics.
In other news there was no response from Prophead who apparently is out of the country.
Last edited by Navpi; 25th Jun 2018 at 07:00.