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No third runway at Heathrow!

  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/13/heathrow-tunnel-m25-under-third-runway?commentpage=1 Heathrow bids to tunnel M25 under third runway No third runway     What part of "No third runway at Heathrow" do these people not understand? No matter how many times expansion plans are rejected, some organisation or other interested body comes up with yet another scheme involving an additional runway wrapped up in some grandiose plan. The objections are well documented, and yet there seems to be no end to the "expansionists" determination to make Heathrow even bigger. It seems to be a case of "no matter how many times you reject our expansion plans, we will keep on submitting applications until you give in and agree". Complete lunacy.

Davies Commission "short list" has no place for propriety and common sense.

  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/17/london-airport-expansion-davies-commission-shortlist-heathrow-gatwick?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487  Heathrow and Gatwick shortlisted for new runway as airport options unveiled   shortlists  plans for an extra runway at Heathrow,  and Gatwick, The only section of our society which actually demands the expansion at Heathrow are parts of the "big business" lobby who, in any case, have their own agenda for this scheme. Never a consideration for the hundreds of homes (and in the midst of a nationwide housing crisis) to be flattened to make way for the bulldozers, levelers, surface layers and all the other machinery and people associated with a huge construction project. No consideration for the whole villages with their associated shops, churches village halls and all the other things usually part and parcel of village life in England, which will be destroyed by this undertaking of economic barbarism in the na...

NO to Heathrow runway 3

http://news.sky.com/story/978020/heathrow-runway-delay-bad-for-business  Capacity constraints at Heathrow Airport are restricting the UK's economic potential, a report by MPs has said.    "Bad for business" !  Never mind the hundreds  of homes that would be demolished to make way for this monstrosity. Never mind the disruption to peoples lives with the increased pollution from noise, traffic and transport congestion. Never mind the devastating effect on the environment and wild life in the area. This and more is of little consequence to the business must come first lobby. For far too long, people have been dominated, abused and dismissed by the greed and self interest of the business community. The argument that developments such as the third runway at Heathrow is good for the economy, as it will bring jobs and increased trade opportunities has always been a load of garbage generated by the business community to conceal their real objective...