Quote: "You really don't get it sometimes, Frank."
You might think that, I couldn't possibly comment.
Quote: "If Stansted was given six runways and Heathrow was closed, then STN would become the de-facto UK hub. You either move your operations to the STN International Hub, or you go to AMS or CDG instead. No questions asked."
In reality, Silver, am completely accross all of it, arguably more so than you!
THere are lots of "ifs" in your post: STN won't be "given" 6 rwys and LHR is not closing, not even in your wildest dreams.
Quote: "STN would work as an alternative to LHR. The question is, would Silver-Boris Thames airport be better? For many reasons, yes it would."
You forgot to add "...so there" on the end of your last sentence.
Meanwhile, back in the real world....
STN does not have a cat's chance in hell of becoming a hub, nor does Boris's vanity project (it won't ever be built). The airlines and pax will not move out of LHR, it's as simple as that!