I think an elephant just walked into the living room.
An elephant called Nicholas Stern.
If I understood my copy of the "Times" correctly, the political fall-out from the Stern report implies that the UK government are likely to use taxation to halt aviation expansion, and that this will begin next March.
Not just on pax either - Airfreight appears to be implicated as well.
MSE is already struggling.
Without an expanding aviation sector, the outlook looks even bleaker.
I originally guessed a Manston closure date of 2009.
Perhaps I was too optimistic.