Heathrow - our national icon!
You should have seen it 50 years ago, Failed_Scopie, congestion, chaos, noise, poor surface links, blah, blah, blah, and that was with six runways, albeit smaller ones. The poor old UK is incapable of making strategic decisions about anything - there are just too many obstacles to overcome, or a precious earthworm or sparrow or two to protect. Yet everybody wants to fly. We must just accept that the Europeans generally do airports better, except CDG, of course!