Well, given 'London Stansted' and 'London Luton', Cambridge definitely isn't far off being in London. In fact, if one uses the 'Glasgow Prestwick' scheme of city-limits classification then Cambridge is practically in zone 1.
This may just have been a Labour government trying to scare people in John Major's old constituency, but for a while they appeared to be contemplating turning the old RAF Alconbury airbase (20 miles NW of Cambridge) into London Alconbury.
At that distance, they might as well call it Very East Midlands Airport, or Wolverhampton International, or…
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Date: 2004-03-18 10:24 am (UTC)At that distance, they might as well call it Very East Midlands Airport, or Wolverhampton International, or…