Frank:
No, the most densly populated countries in Europe are Belgium and the Netherlands, and probably Germany. The UK is densly populated in parts, but equally, huge swathes are empty.
You are wrong, yet again. Courtesy of Blair, who does not have to deal with the consequences, the UK is now the most crowded nation in Europe (Malta aside).
Record levels of immigration lead to jam-packed England as population rockets to 56m | Mail Online
That, is why we need to save space, especially for something as wasteful of space as an airfield. And saying we have empty spaces in Cornwall and Scotland is absurd - it is the southeast that needs the extra living space.
As to why we are not building houses in the estuary:
firstly, you still have an obsession with the semi-detach, which is hugely wasteful of space, and therefore not economic for land reclamation.
secondly, the estuary has no jobs at present.
thirdly, every developer knows that the Greens will find a lesser-striped leach in the estuary somewhere, and the whole project will grind to a halt.
In order for this nation to progress, and house, feed and clothe itself, we need some swinging space for a few Greens.
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