[arista]

This has been going on for 50 years or more.

https://news.sky.com/story/live-gove...ision-11395521

[Key points:

Government backs third runway at Heathrow
MPs to be given vote by early July
Group of Tories and key Labour figures opposed to expansion
Boris Johnson vowed to 'lie down in front of bulldozers']

Boris said that back in 2016

[Labours John McDonnell MP :
So that my constituents are fully aware I remain implacably opposed to expansion
at Heathrow and after listening to the transport minister, Chris Grayling,
today I am even more convinced that this would be a costly,
environmental and social disaster that will never be built.]


Will they get the vote through?
depends on if the amount of Labour MP's back it,
enough. Reports are saying.

[arista]

[Minister Greg Hands resigns from government to vote against Heathrow expansion
Greg Hands says he will honour a pledge to oppose a third runway after it is confirmed Tory MPs will not be allowed a free vote.]

https://news.sky.com/story/minister-...nsion-11411989

Heathrow Anger again.

[arista]

They are voting tonight
on this.
Boris is out of the UK - as he is against it.

Its expected to go through due to Labour MP's

https://news.sky.com/story/live-bori...-plan-11416698

[Tinsel Toes]

Originally Posted by arista

They are voting tonight
on this.
Boris is out of the UK - as he is against it.

Its expected to go through due to Labour MP's

https://news.sky.com/story/live-bori...-plan-11416698

Its totally ridiculous how long this has been dragged out - get it over with.

[Good King Glennceslas]

Surely we have other airports we could invest in?

[Firewire]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

Surely we have other airports we could invest in?

This tbh

Scottish airports in particular are severely neglected, I'm sure it's the same for others in England and Wales

[bots]

its a done deal, went through with a massive majority

The airports in every region need to be big enough to support the population and business around them. Its no surprise to me that heathrow is the ideal choice

[Good King Glennceslas]

Even Gatwick only has one runway.

[James]

Expanding Heathrow is the obvious decision to me. It's the airport people want to use - a lot more popular than Gatwick or other airports. Building a new airport in the Thames Estuary would be more expensive, take longer and have a lot of risks attached to it.

Not building a new runway is not going to slow down climate change - passenger numbers are going to increase no matter what.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

Even Gatwick only has one runway.

They need to expand as well.


The Heathrow
Vote went through.
Next its the the Local Councils Court Action, against it.