The business community should fund the runway review

Well there’s a surprise, and it’s all because of government grandiose schemes.

These people are delusional. Take the airport runway extension, they are chucking another £300,000 for yet another review; this was thrown out only about 18 months ago. They are like the UK Brexit Remainers, they will keep on about it until they get their own way. They tell us that the business community thinks it’s a good idea, well if it’s such a good idea, why don’t they put up their own money?

We all know about their good idea to get a direct route to London City, so the airlines took heed and a direct route was established and none of them used it, so now it’s gone.

A longer runway will not bring more visitors, in fact if perchance it did bring more visitors, where are they going to sleep? Every year more hotels close down. If they did find a bed, what are they going to do for the week or fortnight that they are here with bad weather? Apart from museums there is nothing else to do – that’s because if anyone tries to come up with an attraction, someone in authority finds a reason not to have it or puts so many restrictions in the way that it’s not worth doing.

Also, the resulting effect of a longer runway will mean fewer flights, so less travelling time choice; it’s all a no-win.

Another thing, when the Fermain sea wall came down a few years back, at the time it was estimated that it would cost in the region of £250,000 to repair it, now I believe it’s in the region of £600,000.

Things they should be getting on with they don’t, they prefer to go for fantasies. Now we come to the nitty gritty of all this, guess who is going to pay for this fantasy? Yep, you’ve guessed it, us plebs, that’s who.

A man told me once he had it on good authority that when new deputies get sworn in, they are whisked away to have their brain removed and a walnut put in its place. Now being a sceptic, I didn’t believe him but now I’m not so sure.

A few years back if I’m not mistaken Deputy St Pier told us that his ambition was to make Guernsey the happiest place to live within 20 years. Well how’s that going Gavs?

M. J. BOURGAIZE

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