Flexi:
That's because Boris is being strangely quiet on the affect that closing LHR would have on West London.
That is what they said about the closure of Covent Garden - it would decimate the region, it would become a wasteland, shopkeepers would be going bankrupt within 1km of Covent Garden. etc etc.
What actually happened, is that the region became wealthier than it had ever been - and for some 18 hours a day too, not just the mornings.
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