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In all seriousness, nobody reads (the Sunday Times) anymore. It's peripheral to this argument, and the level of journalism at the best of papers is sadly lacking intellectual rigour and knowledge of the subject matter.
Agreed, the wheels came of journalistic media wisdom and integrity in 1997, when - well, when Blair and Co proved you could run a nation on smoke and mirrors (for a while, at least, until someone starts adding up the bills). However, everyone in Fleet Street joined in this game of national charades, while the BBC became their high priest and cheerleader. Everything was written in doublespeak, and the obvious truth could go to hell.
However. Having said that, the Sunday Times is still as good as it gets in the UK, and so its views and editorials still carry weight in the corridors of power. Cameron will be fretting at this very minute, that Boris has captured an important lever of power, and an important national decision. Cameron has chosen to fudge yet again, thinking that was the safe and 'popular' option, while Boris has run off with the Olympic torch and is about to light up the stadium.
Remember that Cameron has presided over Murdoch's embarrassment at a government hearing, and has presided over the arrest and prosecution of Murdoch's number one carrot-top. Thus Murdoch is hardly going to be a key player in Cameron's reelection campaign, when a leadership challenge is made. Cameron needs to be checking his six-oclock, because someone from N.I. is bound to be behind him, checking his every move.
And what does all this have to do with Silver-Boris airport? As you probably understand by now, Silver-Boris will primarily be a political rather than a well argued and rigorous commercial-technical decision.
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