It's all petty accademic, Midland operated in another age.
No capacity at LHR, slots too valuable to obtain the necessary return on low yield domestic ops. The outcome was inevitable.
Specific answer as per "SWBKCB".
There is unfortunately one other fact & that is that the pax's demand no longer exists at earlier level due predominantly to decline in the regional ecconomy.
It is perhaps from this background that MME (as it was) troubles began
Though I have to point out that the then
Numbties that were put in charge achieved very little other than pave the way for the Peel circus.