Boris is now centering his political strategy on the construction of the Thames airport, which means that if Boris works his way into No10, he is pretty much committed to going ahead with this project. In some respects, this means the airport is much more likely to go ahead.
Not really. To use the Scottish analogy - contrary to Silver's views from afar, the SNP have a majority in Holyrood, but this is
unlikely to translate to a yes vote for independence. Never attach a party to any one manifesto pledge, they can easily get broken, and that happens all the time.
Yet Boris isn't
even a party. He is a one man show who many people find very entertaining. Right now, I'd love to see him wrestle Cameron for the top job, but there is the small question of just
how he'd do that.
Never mind the conflict in the commons, many Londoners would feel let down if he left the job
they had elected him to do before the full term.
There is also the small question of credibility for Mr Goldsmith. Firstly, he would have to
ditch that green badge, as he'd be swapping his opposition to a
single short runway plan to inplied approval for
four long ones, together with all the aggregate they'd have to sit on. So that must be about 10x the embodied energy just to get the damn thing built!
Secondly, you are assuming that he'd be given a say in who he handed over to. Calling a by-election is not something that happens very often in the UK, except due to the death of the sitting MP. As they have no say in who takes over, why would Zac have any more right for comment on the matter than the heavily discredited Mrs Mench in Corby?