Comments on: Theresa Villiers: Why no aviation policy? http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/08/theresa-villiers-why-no-aviation-policy/ The inside track since 2003 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:10:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/08/theresa-villiers-why-no-aviation-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-55263 Tom Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:23:30 +0000 http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=2551#comment-55263 I don't personally agree that it is a realistic alternative dreamingspire but that's not really the point. Theresa Villiers does not articulate any position. If she believes that there shouldn't be a new runway at Heathrow then commit to it. If she doesn't, then say why and cost the alternative. We don't know whether Boris Johnson's idea that there should be a new airport East of London is official Conservative policy for example. And my real point was that the mainstream media do not seem interested in teasing out this policy avoidance. Other than the FT. See today's FT for more comment: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e2bbda0-6fb6-11dd-986f-0000779fd18c.html I don’t personally agree that it is a realistic alternative dreamingspire but that’s not really the point.

Theresa Villiers does not articulate any position. If she believes that there shouldn’t be a new runway at Heathrow then commit to it. If she doesn’t, then say why and cost the alternative.

We don’t know whether Boris Johnson’s idea that there should be a new airport East of London is official Conservative policy for example.

And my real point was that the mainstream media do not seem interested in teasing out this policy avoidance. Other than the FT. See today’s FT for more comment:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e2bbda0-6fb6-11dd-986f-0000779fd18c.html

]]> By: dreamingspire http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/08/theresa-villiers-why-no-aviation-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-55254 dreamingspire Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:07:06 +0000 http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=2551#comment-55254 "vital rail investment is an alternative to rather than complementary to expansion" is a serious proposition, as the experience in France shows: their TGV trains are taking many internal travellers away from air. Even BAA's boss has asked for the central London - Heathrow - Manchester area high speed line to be built (his recent interview by BBC TV refers). “vital rail investment is an alternative to rather than complementary to expansion” is a serious proposition, as the experience in France shows: their TGV trains are taking many internal travellers away from air. Even BAA’s boss has asked for the central London – Heathrow – Manchester area high speed line to be built (his recent interview by BBC TV refers).

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