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Boris, airports, and a dose of environmental reality

17 August 2012 •

The Mayor's plans for Boris Island might make for good politiking, but they ignore some huge environmental challenges

Oh Boris. Boris, Boris, Boris. So you want a new airport in the Thames Estuary and the Prime Minister should stop "pussyfooting around" and jolly well give it to you. Not for you the tired realities...

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