COMMENT: BORIS JOHNSON (WRITING IN THE TELEGRAPH)

摘要

There is no need to impose a series of new cities on the lush fields of the South East. It is far too early to start a war - and it will be a vicious and protracted war - with the green-wellied swampies of the home counties. Much of the UK's population growth can be attributed to the dynamism of London, where we have an ever-growing life expectancy and more live births. There are at least 33 brownfield opportunity areas in London, and many of them are, of course, to the east - the scene of post-industrial decline that followed the loss of the docks and much manufacturing industry. There is still a huge zone of post-industrial land that has proved impossible to shift, and where development has never been viable. That area would be transformed, of course, by the addition of one obvious motor of economic growth: a new airport and logistics hub in the estuary.