haha...yeah...but more political.

Edited by braunstoneagle (24 Apr 2020 9.32pm)

‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway

The FT is most certainly not a Conservative supporting paper. Probably to the left of the Guardian at the moment.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

This is a non story unless somebody else speaks out. He was an observer along with others and if you think about that it is perfectly logical.

No 10 needs to understand the thinking of the body and how they arrive at their decisions after all the politicians will have to defend the policy to the rest of us. It makes sense then for no 10's Chief political advisor to listen in along with other civil servants.

Now if it turns out that he was pushing the experts in a certain direction then that is political interference and certainly a story.

However so far I have been surprised at the lack of senior experts disagreeing with the current policy. Yes outsiders have had their say but we haven't seen people from within quitting and publicly berating the government for ignoring the facts.....

So for this story to run we need a smoking gun otherwise it's just journalists making mischief against their chief hate figure.

One more point

Rumours coming out of Gatwick suggest that GAL do not see passenger/ flight numbers returning to what they were until 2024. Can see many airlines disappearing if this is the case

I sincerely hope that's not true from my own selfish viewpoint but we probably we will see some of the poorer run airlines disappear as many of them were already on their last legs with Monarch, Thomas Cook, Flybmi and WOW all going under before the current troubles started