All well and good bashing the BAA but to be fair
all the runway / taxiway clearance done at LGW yesterday AM was almost completely wasted because of the the complete collapse of the ground transport infrastructure.
I arrived by air into LGW just over an hour late and then spent over four hours getting around to LHR - the monopoly coach operator completely stopped running for the day, the rail link was closed down, and it was a three hour wait for a taxi.