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January 16th 09, 09:28 PM
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The Tories and Heathrow
On Jan 16, 11:54*am, wrote:
My inside source (golf partner) is telling me that the Tories are deliberately hiding their light under a bushel over Heathrow expansion, at the moment, purely so they can play the politics of all those marginal constituencies, nearby, to the maximum effect. Certainly their opposition is hardly typical for them. However, all is not lost because Boris is actually out there playing devils advocate and temperature taker on behalf of the party, rather than as reported just being a loose cannon, with his Thames estuary proposal. The Thames estuary proposal has been knocking about for years and would certainly be a, once and for all, best solution to Heathrow’s problems. Here’s how my source expects it to play. The Tories plan to come out nearer, or during, the election campaign with the following proposal. First they promise to cancel all those New Labour new towns in the sticks (big vote winner), for which the transport infrastructure does not exist, secondly they propose closure of Heathrow and selling of the land for housing (mega vote winner), for which the transport infrastructure already exists, thirdly they use the money so raised to pay towards a brand new airport in the Thames estuary with a rail link. Watch this space. OK, I'll be watching on April 1. |
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