In his interview on the Today programme this morning, Philip Hammond said nothing memorable – which Mr S finds a relief. It’s about time that this job went back to being that of a finance minister, not a poseur itching to move to No10. The Today programme is listened to by six million people; by the end, Hammond had probably sent at least two million back to sleep. Mishal Hussein decided to try some quick-fire questions, to see if that would solicit something more interesting. Her gambit worked. What will he do about runways?
‘Well, on the decision about the location of London’s third, arm, London’s additional runway that will be a decision now for the new government to make and it will have to make a decision collectively. Obviously we haven’t discussed it yet.’
Mr S suspects that Theresa May and Philip Hammond have done plenty discussion in the last few weeks – including the options open to them now that David ‘no ifs, no buts, no third runway’ Cameron has gone.
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