I think you may be right here Frank. Rumours suggest no money.
"MAYDAY, MAYDAY"
Is it possible we are all being had here, with the Government playing a very shrewd canny game ?
Say Yes to everything but commit absolutely zero money and on that basis the project is finally in the fast lane, sadly the furthest it gets is V1 down a cul de sac.
They gain the headlines they desperately need from the BBC who will swallow the line.
"It's a YES to Heathrow and Gatwick"
Only the more experienced journalists will raise an eyebrow once the detail unravels and that will be long after the headlines have been written.
Job done !
May sneaks away with the kudos of not sitting on the fence and appearing at last to be decisive on this issue and even swerve Gatwick so that doesn't rear it's head down the line as the approval is given now.
Everything is approved but nothing is ever built.
They get years of attrition finally off their back BUT and its a big BUT they walk away and leave outside factors and lawyers to unravel and pick up the mess long after it becomes a non story.
The shareholders of Heathrow and Gatwick will need 5+ years in a sanitarium to agree to give penny to either project!
Last edited by Navpi; 15th Oct 2016 at 18:58.