As much as part of me may agree, I still don't see how increasing the capacity of Stansted Airport by enlarging the runway is a good thing - I'm not jumping on the environmental band-wagon here, but rather the fact that, quite frankly, I'd rather see a forest of of 800 year-old trees than so-called "progress" which just allows Essex Chav's to use their beer money for a week's jolly in Benidorm.
Trust me, I've been there and never again: when I go on a foreign holiday, I like to go somewhere which doesn't remind me of the UK - yet, in Benidorm what did I find? Cafe's and pubs proclaiming, "watch Eastenders and Corrie here!", "Full English Breakfast and proper English pints".
Dear God, call me a fucking snob but that is just plain wrong, but of course horses for courses...
Why should the South East of England be the hub of air-travel? There are perfectly decent airports in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Bristol, even Cardiff: they may not be as close, but if you add up all the spare capacity of these airports then I'm pretty sure there's more than enough to cover the extra that BAA require...
Instead of "adding to" perhaps we should be looking at "using" what we've already got, or is that just a really simple way of looking at things...?
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Hey, I was born in Billericay and live in the heart of Essex, but I avoid 'English ship shop' and 'cup final here' like the plague. This is not just an Essex thing. Stepping out of your hotel in Portugal you won't have to break into a sweat before seeing that sign 'Irish Pub' and in many other places the sight of lobstered Northerners guzzling nukee brown in an 'English pub' whist watching the 'cup final' is not uncommon.
apologies, Neal - I was being a bit too "generalised" in hindsight.
I wasn't pouring scorn on Essex per se - just a snide joke where if the BAA wanted to increase Stansted's capacity then it's a wonder they haven't considered tarmac-ing the whole county.
Take a look at Heathrow - terminal 4 will result in the destruction of a quaint English village.
And apparently, that's okay according to the Suits...
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