If...or maybe when....the third runway gets built..far to much ego and face saving going on for it to be stopped methinks...then what will scupper any benefit... will be the tender loving intelligent handling by BAA...
If their oppo's in nefarious bizzynes BA are involved in any major way...like having it named summat like ' Willy's way' the fate is well and truly sealed...EGLL will never recover...they cannot even get a baggage system sorted...
12 & 'alf billion quid...
A few specialist hossy's or an education system that might not creak so much...but I suppose a bit of concrete slabbing with a few fancy lines drawn this way and that...is a tad more aesthetic to the average politico's eye...
Alternatively how many wars could be funded by our glorious leaders with it?...either a couple of minor skirmishes or a moderate sized spat I would wager...depends on how lucky they are...
Is a third runway needed?..probably...but they will screw it up somehow...'tis wot they do'....