Irony?

[TheChair]

The day after the discovery of oil at Gatwick is announce, the South-East has a major pollution event. "Dirtiest air expected to hit Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings"

[Bazile]

Blackadder :Baldrick , have you no idea what "irony" is?

Baldrick: Yes, it's like "goldy" and "bronzy" only it's made out of iron.

Now that i've got that out the way - some serious and considered thoughts will no doubt follow

[TheChair]

"some serious and considered thoughts will no doubt follow"
Somehow I doubt it Bazile; this is AB News :-)

[Old_Geezer]

Coincidence possibly. Irony, not really. Are they sure they haven't just found the leaks from years of old airplanes ?

[jno]

the oilfield doesn't actually extend to the south coast. I think they're starting to get the sandstorm that was hitting Dubai a week ago.

[New Judge]

Yes the bad air quality has nothing whatsoever with buning oil. It is a result of something known as "weather"

[TheChair]

"Warm, still conditions combined with traffic fumes, pollution from Europe and Saharan dust" - BBC

[New Judge]

Yes and usually when the weather conditions are more favourable no such concentrated pollution exists. Normal weather over the UK is the perfect remedy for dispersing polluted air.