Have a look at the ignorance of our political "elite" then explain to me why stating the sheer bl33ding obvious isn't required?
Fair point - one should never underestimate politicians' ability to hear only what they want to hear.
Re-reading the original article, I'm not sure Mr Marshall does his argument any favours with the strange scenario that he paints: foreign airline X desires more slots at Heathrow, finds it can't get them, so then throws a hissy fit and pulls out all its flights, moving them to Amsterdam, Frankfurt or wherever.
If true, that would be a wonderfully self-regulating example of supply and demand in action, with more slots regularly being freed up by disgruntled vacating carriers, but somehow I don't think that's quite what he had in mind.