Closing Heathrow was simply potty

THE COINCIDENCE would have been lost on no one. On the day chosen last week by the Government to launch its £1.6billion blitz on potholes and the lamentable state of so many of our roads, the blame game was raging over precisely how and why another key piece of our national infrastructure was closed.

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Be in no doubt, shutting down Europe’s largest airport – Heathrow is still among the world’s most recognised flight destinations – was akin to hanging a “Shop Closed” sign on the country’s front door. And now it appears there was enough electricity to power at least two of its five terminals.

While it would have provided a restricted service, most passengers would surely have been happier to wait a few extra hours for their bags to be unloaded rather than turning back to Bangkok. Even more bafflingly, Heathrow boss

ACKNOWLEDGING the vagaries of her CV, has anyone thought to check whether Rachel Reeves was at that Sabrina Carpenter concert as her lead backing singer and choreographer?