8. THE UNDERGROUND STRIKE

Heathrow was closed down. Runways silent. Terminals shuttered. Not a plane anywhere. A solitary visitor asks what happened. The official shrugs. Mute.

 

‘So there’s a strike? A nuclear war? Has it been nationalised? Has Al-Qaeda struck? Has the U.S.A. bought up England?’

 

The official: ‘It’s moles on the runway, sir.’