This is not a new report and was being discussed on aviation message boards in March, though a brief search fails to reveal any trace of a discussion then on PPRuNe but I'm pretty certain there was one somewhere within the site.
From memory the remark was little more than a throwaway in response to a question by the business tv interviewer and words such as 'possibility' and 'could' were used.
EDI, CWL, BRS and BFS were discussed then as potential candidates.
As far as West of England/South Wales is concerned a view seemed to form that the area is well enough served from BHX, LHR and LGW already, though the latter is not so convenient from South Wales, and any Severnside route might only serve to dilute current route traffic, particularly BHX.
My understanding is that BRS would be ruled out of a non-stop route because of operational constraints at the airport.
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