Originally Posted by
onion
You do realise central government give the mayors the money and they spend it on what they deem fit, what they promised.
Now Houchen has got back in he has a democratic mandate to do as he sees fit within his manifesto which includes the airport.
Any subsides will be part of a commercial package. Like every airport puts forward to airlines. Are MME any bigger who knows but I very much doubt they are significantly larger than othe similar sized airports.
Agreed, but one of the issues with the way the Mayor operates is he seems to think the money is his to spend as he see's fit - it isn't, it's public money and there are ways of doing things to ensure that it is spent appropriately. Yes he has a mandate, but that doesn't mean you can do what you want.
As Grumpy1 says, it's not anti-Houchen, but lets do things properly.