Originally Posted by
Twitcher
More journalistic hot air, and sound bites from an MP who, like most MPs, likes the sound of his own voice.
Sorry, Manston is a bit like a certain "Norwegian Blue" it is an ex-airport. it has ceased to be, it is no more - daisies are pushing up through the tarmac (to paraphrase)!
As was stated above, without massive public help (= tax payer's cash) it is a carbon copy of Ostende, and the UK government is rather less keen on donating cash to money pits than the Belgian (possibly the Flanders) government is.