This is propaganda “There could be as much as 100 billion barrels of oil... near Gatwick,” says UK Oil & Gas Investments (UKOG) (Argus, April).

Airport owners, Global Infrastructure Partners – Gatwick Airport Ltd – GIP-GAL, could be hyping up its bid for a new runway (Our Runway Comes Guaranteed, Gatwick’s full page adverts, April.

There are no guarantees with the word ‘could’ – just a nasty smell of hyped propaganda.

Richard W Symonds The Ifield Society Ifield Street, Ifield Village