North West wrote:
I'm not sure why the matter can't be debated in a grown up way, without people peddling their own inferiority or superiority complexes.
EDIT - to reinforce to point. 2012 passenger data
MAN/LPL, combined - just 55,000 passenger growth vs 2011; 0.2% growth
Rest of UK - 0.6% growth
London Airports - 1.0% growth
A very sensible post.