I think the 'outrage' at LGW closing for snow clearance stems from 'how come other airports can stay open during snow clearance and still maintain operations?'. Wel, the reason is simple: we have hamstrung LGW, the country's second or third airport, with a single runway. The Emergency 'Runway' is not suitable for contaminated runway operations. So we have to wait for the snow to fall, close the runway and clear it. Somehow the fuzzy brained idiots have persuaded us that LGW can survive on a single runway, and they are trying to persuade us that LHR can make do with two! Even Dubai is getting six! So there is no point blaming LGW or BAA for this- you don't invest- you pay when problems happen.
We will realise what fools they are when UKplc slides below Italy, and we lose the business centre that was the City of London to Frankfurt and Paris. We have to stop this lash-up the UK has become if we want to be one of the wealthier nations. We don't seem to be able to do anything unless it is on the cheap.