
WATCH: “A third runway is undeliverable” – the Foreign Secretary criticises the Government’s Heathrow decision
Johnson warns that London is at risk of becoming “the city of planes”.
Johnson warns that London is at risk of becoming “the city of planes”.
The Secretary of State lays out the Government’s decision on airport expansion.
He has informed his local association that he is honouring his pledge.
After decades of dithering and delay, a decision is expected tomorrow.
It makes sense for a new Prime Minister to take the short-term pain early on in her first term.
The way British politics and planning mix tends to push infrastructure decisions into the long grass.
It is over a year since the Independent Airports Commission backed the development. The Government should implement the recommendation.
Truthfully, I expected at every stage that someone would come up with a showstopper reason why it can’t possibly work. No one has come up with one.
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“I think that I’m somebody with a strong grasp of some of the social and economic divisions in our country and with a sense of direction for the future.”
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Our residents remember the promise: “No ifs, no buts, no third runway at Heathrow”.
Now that the airport will meet, and in many cases exceed, the conditions set out by the Airports Commission, there is no reason for the Government to delay further.
This negative Toryism can eke out victories against average opponents, but it is no guide to winning well – or at all at a time when capitalism is being questioned.
He sees it as a way of supporting the economy through its times of need. But, politically and practically, it can also go wrong.