Enthusiasm Becomes Boris

Boris Johnson has given an interview to the Evening Standard in which he said the way to get business motoring in the UK is to cut taxes, cut regulation, create the infrastructure and get behind it (by which he presumably means that everything should be done to ensure that the new infrastructure is started without the usual delays and built as soon as possible). He also revealed plans for an elevated lanes for bicycles alongside the Overground tracks and was of the opinion Osborne was in favour of infrastructure projects like the Thames Estuary Airport but criticised inertia in the Government - a dig at the LibDems who have today come out against any new runway in the London area. Other infrastructure projects Boris wants undertaken include Crossrail 2, more river crossings and a massive house building programme. He also urged Cameron to stop pussyfooting around on the airport decision  (a reference to the delayed publication of the report into Britain's airports) and by which he presumably meant that Cameron should get on with things even if the LibDems object. The Evening Standard sadly failed to ask Boris what he would he do about Government spending and the deficit. If his proposals are for infrastructure projects to be paid for by the private sector then I agree with him 100% but if any significant taxpayer funding is required then he's barking up the wrong tree. It is also sad that he did not mention energy. We desperately need someone of his stature and vigour to take the argument about oil to the opposition. There are billions of untapped 'tight' oil reserves in the United States that due to new technology can now be extracted and which it is estimated will last for 200 years. There are similar sized reserves of tight oil in other parts of the world that are waiting to be extracted as well. All this will bring down the price of oil as the price of gas in the US has been brought down due to the extraction of shale gas. We could also enjoy a gas bonanza from our large shale gas fields in Lancashire. Let's get behind this and to hell with the bloody eco fascists who want to take us back to the dark ages.