Plus: Will Javid come back? Will Boris Island fly? Hazzer, formerly the Duke of Sussex. And: an ice bath in a Scandi forest.
The Rail Delivery Group has just suggested a more modern system of tickets and fares. But such change should be only the start.
“This is a fairly large drone – a commercial-size drone that is clearly being operated deliberately.”
Support for expansion is the prevailing wisdom, but it’s demonstrably wrong – even using the Department for Transport’s own figures.
After decades of dithering and delay, a decision is expected tomorrow.
Truthfully, I expected at every stage that someone would come up with a showstopper reason why it can’t possibly work. No one has come up with one.
Plus: Leadsom comes up on the rails. Why men should never wear red trousers. And: 100 years on from the Battle of the Somme.
Now is the time to copy what the rest of Europe is doing and make a decision on capacity at Heathrow and Gatwick without further delay
Government needs to start planning now for our long-term transport needs. That might not be consistent with growing the airport.
The Conservative MEP leader and would-be London Mayoral candidate on Ambition, Opportunity and Enterprise – and why that shortlist should be extended.
Heathrow or Gatwick is a false choice. We should let both grow without public subsidy, and welcome the benefits for businesses and passengers.
If the Government rejects Heathrow, MPs throughout the UK will castigate Cameron for pandering to metropolitan sensibilities, rather than listening to the nation at large.
Ultimately, we either believe in free enterprise, and put customers and passengers ahead of fat-cat bosses and bureaucrats, or we don’t.