[Osem]

According to Mary Creagh on the Daily Politics just now, any such development in the Thames estuary would have serious implications for flooding in London.

The problem we have is lack of space coupled with the sort of planning law which gives the opponents of any major schemes great power to delay them. I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing but in places like China, Turkey, Dubai etc. they just ship people out (if that's required) and send in the bulldozers.