heathrow
Posted by jossc — 4 November 2008 at 12:47pm
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"Yes Mr Brown, we're afraid it really is that serious..."
Much as Gordon Brown would like to pretend otherwise, getting the go-ahead for Heathrow's third runway is still far from a done deal. With the Tories and Lib Dems having already rejected the proposal, the PM is now facing a growing rebellion from within his own party. Labour MPs, privately egged-on by cabinet ministers, have tabled a motion opposing Heathrow expansion in a last ditch attempt to persuade Mr Brown to change his mind - reminding him that not only will the third runway make it almost impossible for the government to hit its climate change targets, but that it is deeply unpopular with voters.
45 Labour MPs have already signed up to an Early Day Motion expressing their opposition. If this figure continues to rise, as it easily could with two weeks still to go before the motion closes, then the PM will find it increasingly difficult to defy opinion within his own party.
Posted by bex — 14 October 2008 at 5:15pm
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I still suspect I may have fallen down a rabbit hole but apparently it's true. Two weeks after formally telling the world they're opposed to a third runway at Heathrow, the Tories have issued an extraordinary warning to companies. Don't get involved in any contracts to build the third runway, they're saying, because we're "absolutely determined" to stop the project going ahead. (Oh, and they're opposed to a second runway at Stansted too.)
Posted by jamie — 1 October 2008 at 12:05pm
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While the preservation of civil liberties is an ongoing struggle (the government's ID database plan is one I think is definitely worth challenging), we've still come a long way in the last 100 years.
Back then in the days of empire, Britain might have straddled the world but women had no voting rights and it was only thanks to a group of determined women waging a persistent (and sometimes violent) campaign of direct action that, in 1928, the government finally passed a bill granting equal voting rights to both sexes.
Posted by bex — 29 September 2008 at 11:52am
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Greenpeace saying Yes to the new high speed rail link to Europe last November © Rose/Greenpeace
We've been hearing likely sounding noises for a while now but today, the Conservatives have formally announced that they'd say no to a third runway at Heathrow, and yes to a high speed
rail link between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds instead.
And so I find myself a bit befuddled to be wholeheartedly agreeing with a Tory party spokesperson, Theresa Villiers. She said:
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Reacting to a story in today's Guardian newspaper containing details of a Conservative proposal to scrap plans for a third runway at Heathrow and instead invest heavily in high speed rail, Greenpeace Executive Director John Sauven said:
"This announcement puts real pressure on Gordon Brown and his new transport secretary. The Conservatives have recognised that decisions taken now on high carbon projects like new runways and coal fired power stations will make or break our chances of tackling climate change in the future.
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Posted by bex — 4 July 2008 at 5:58pm
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