Well Said Shed, but you must remember that Rivet joint has a pathological hatred of Bournemouth Airport and would happily dance on the redundancies of those who work there.
It's true that SOU and BOH hurt each other businesswise but neither are subsidised airports. Only the local councils can assist in providing better access to BOH and allowing SOU to fly at night (or build the fantastical bridge over the M27 to extend the runway!).
Until one closes let keep the BOH v SOU arguments away from here, they've been done to death and we're all well versed in each airports shortcomings and that why both are still open for business.