As a Londoner who also loves to travel, I have of course been keeping an eye on whether or not Heathrow will get a third runway. Heathrow is the other side of London to where I live, so it won’t effect me on a day to day basis; yet I think I’m broadly in favour of the idea. London is a constantly expanding world city which perpetually needs new investment. Anything which could entice that investment here is surely a good thing, especially as we compete ever more vigorously with other European economic hubs like Paris and Berlin. However, I must also say that this is surely another example of London getting all the expensive new infrastructure while the rest of the country goes without. Looking at the plans, this new runway won’t be cheap. But this comes just two years or so after London got a brand-spanking-new tube line costing billions of pounds. To be honest the imbalance between London and the rest of the country seems to be getting ever more unfair, so before the new runway gets built at Heathrow, I’d like to see some equally bold projects unveiled for other UK cities and towns.