Boris Could Be Britain's Ronald Reagan

Boris Could Be Britain's Ronald Reagan

It's too expensive, we're a rubbish country now, we can't do this sort of stuff in Britain. Let's just give in to the airlines and hope for quieter planes which seem forever to be just around the corner but never arrive. Boris says "piffle" to all that. He blows a raspberry in the face of the defeatists. Would building the world's greatest airport, serving a city where people want to live not be the most marvellous money-spinner and investment opportunity? Get the world's sovereign wealth funds and hungry investors to pile in. Issue London bonds. Fire up the architects. For the good of Britain expand London. Build, build, build and increase the opportunities available to London's poorer citizens. Get moving! Boris says this stuff in such an uplifting way that I am convinced increasingly that he could be Britain's Ronald Reagan. I mean that as a compliment. Like the great American president, he exudes optimism about his country's capacity for renewal and recovery.

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