Quote: "The Sunday Times seemed to suggest that a third runway wouldn't be operational until 2024 (!) and that Boris Island would only take 2 years longer than that to finish (2026)."
At least the third runway won't be lying empty, it will be well used and prove to be value for money.
Yes, good point about "toys" and "pram", Skipness, will just add "throw" and "out of" for good measure.
Would be worth doing the U-turn on Heathrow just to see the back of Goldsmith, but bet Greening would not follow suit! It does appear like tedious gesture politics.
In scant regard for his constituents, he threatens resignation and a by-election, so he's not that different from Louise Mensch, who had the balls to do it without threats beforehand (although for different reasons). What is it with Cameron's "A-listers"?
Justine had to go because of her biased partisan attitude, because of it, she should never have been appointed to the transport job in the first place.
Last edited by Fairdealfrank; 5th Sep 2012 at 18:26.