Baltasound.
Not sure what you are on about there. A poorly researched post if ever there was one.
Fixed parliamentary terms?? What are you referring to here?
Planning permission?? The UK has a sovereign parliament (the EU not withstanding), they can do whatever they like. If you are unfamiliar with the term, look it up.
London already has 7 airports?? You really have not been listening, have you?
Why do you think that LHR is at 99.5 % capacity and STN is at 40% capacity? The airlines don't want another point to point runway/airport in the London basin. They want a European hub for international interlining and en-route interlining - they want a Heathrow Mk II, with added capacity, better transport links and better infrastructure.
And if we don't provide this capacity, Paris or Amsterdam will. This will be their gain and our loss - and a sigificant loss if the international banking system follows the Europen hub. Its amazing that sucessive goverments have bet the entire family business on the financial sector, instead of manufacturing, and then neglected to give those financial business the transport and infrastructure they need to thrive. Its is almost as if UK governments are conspiring to destroy the UK's economy.
Regards Boris, there is nothing to prevent him getting elected as an MP at the next election, and then challenging Cameron. He has identified that Cameron's primary failing is a lack of determination, and a lack of decision making. He is reckoning that people will back both him and Silver-Boris island, if nothing else becuase something will be getting done. There is nothing worse during a recession, than lethargy and a lack of ambition.
If Cameron does not respond to Boris' threats, the latter will only get emboldened and make ever greater challenges. If so, the prospect of Silver-Boris getting the go-ahead will continue to rise.
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Last edited by silverstrata; 16th Aug 2012 at 17:56.