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Boris Airport: Found The Proposals

January 23rd, 2009 5 Comments

I was looking the original proposals that Boris seems to be examining and I’ve found it – Marinair it’s called.  Bit worrying their website is illustrated by a DC-10, which is a) obsolete and b) notorious for crashing.  The illustration of a train is a diesel Class 180 DMU, which was fairly notorious for unreliability, [...]

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Boris Island: Dispatches To Investigate ‘Dead Duck’

January 23rd, 2009 No Comments

Considering what they did to his predecessor, Boris might be worried about what Dispatches are planning on his Island scheme, but then again on that basis it might be a puff piece, we’ll just have to see, particularly if they get a certain  Mr. Gilligan to present this one as well.
Also while we’re at it, [...]

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Boris-Birdstrike International: Kent Replies

January 23rd, 2009 3 Comments

KentOnline have an article on Boris and Nick’s fact-finding trip with some locals giving the Mayor the benefit of their advice:

why doesent he buld this airport in his back garden , or doesent want the plane,s flying over his home, what a prat
What the point of pouring concrete into the sea and blighting our country [...]

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Real Time Nautical Boris-Watching

January 23rd, 2009 5 Comments

Boris is out on the Thames Estuary in a Belgian dredger called the Brabo.  There’s a website that shows the positions of all ships in major UK estuaries in real time.  Are you thinking what I’m thinking?  Let’s watch Boris trundle about, and get a steer on where Oakervee and Malthouse are looking at building [...]

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