What irritates me is the constant proclamations of how this runway is good for the 'UK', how it should be built for the 'UK', and much words on how best people from the rest of the UK should travel to connect via LHR. The UK outside of the South East does need LHR (or BA). We have our own airports, direct flights, our LOCO's, U.S, European and Middle Eastern carriers who will connect us via their generally rather nice hubs. The rest of the UK needs LHR not one little bit. If this runway is built then fine, if somebody is crazy enough to go around causing carnage building a runway on a heavily populated brown field site then go ahead. Just don't say it's for the 'UK' because it's not, it (arguably) benefits the London/South East economy so leave the rest of the country out of it. And please don't give me the 'City is the engine of the UK economy' garbage so 'what benefits the SE benefits the whole country' the 'city' just killed the UK economy.