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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 1
Posted by: Claudia Jachtmann
Date/Time: 13/01/09 13:08:00

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Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Runway decision could be shelved
Runway decision could be shelved
Protests against a third runway at Heathrow were held in Terminal 1
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A decision on a third runway for Heathrow could be put off again amid bitter Labour infighting.
The Cabinet is due to debate the issue, with several members known to harbour serious concerns about the £9 billion airport expansion.
The Government had been widely expected to give the project the green light this week, despite more than 40 backbenchers joining Opposition parties and green campaigners in demanding it be scrapped.
But on Monday night the Prime Minister raised the prospect of a further delay when he agreed to meet rebel MPs for more talks.
Asked whether an announcement was imminent, the premier's spokesman also pointedly insisted that the Government had only promised a decision "in January". The hints at a delay came amid furious exchanges between supporters and opponents of the expansion.
Greenpeace revealed that it had bought a section of land on the proposed site, and was planning to divide it into tiny pieces in a bid to gridlock the planning process with hundreds of legal challenges.
Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson and impressionist Alistair McGowan are among those who announced they had bought the piece of land, the size of a football pitch, from a local landowner for an undisclosed fee.
London Mayor Boris Johnson also insisted he would go to court over any decision to authorise the runway. Mr Johnson, who has called for the construction of a new airport in the Thames Estuary instead, said the "overwhelming majority" of people were against the move on environmental and economic grounds.
But backers, including the Unite and GMB unions, claimed the scheme could create 65,000 jobs.
Hundreds of environmental protesters gathered at Heathrow on Monday night - for a picnic. Campaigners dressed in Edwardian clothes sat down in Terminal 1 to enjoy cakes and sandwiches as part of a peaceful demonstration against expansion at the west London airport.


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3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 112/01/09 06:52:00 Chris Lucy
   Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 112/01/09 08:38:00 Neil Anderson
   Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 112/01/09 08:39:00 Ken Munn
      Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 112/01/09 14:06:00 Chris Lucy
         Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 112/01/09 14:24:00 Neil Anderson
            Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 112/01/09 15:44:00 Simon Everton
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 112/01/09 15:48:00 David Archer
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 112/01/09 15:51:00 Neil Anderson
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 113/01/09 21:14:00 William Beausire
   Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 112/01/09 18:53:00 Account suspended
      Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 112/01/09 23:26:00 Neil Anderson
         Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 113/01/09 07:34:00 Chris Lucy
            Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 113/01/09 07:42:00 Neil Anderson
            Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 113/01/09 13:03:00 Account suspended
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 113/01/09 13:08:00 Claudia Jachtmann
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 113/01/09 17:01:00 John de St Croix
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 113/01/09 17:42:00 Lorna Dodd
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 113/01/09 17:45:00 Neil Anderson
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 113/01/09 18:08:00 Greg Newman
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 113/01/09 18:28:00 Neil Anderson
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 113/01/09 18:46:00 Greg Newman
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 113/01/09 19:20:00 Neil Anderson
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 113/01/09 20:12:00 Greg Newman
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 113/01/09 20:15:00 S Berlincioni
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 113/01/09 20:32:00 Matt Short
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 113/01/09 20:35:00 Neil Anderson
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 113/01/09 18:43:00 Ken Munn
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 114/01/09 13:31:00 Mike Hardacre
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 114/01/09 14:32:00 Ken Munn
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 114/01/09 14:52:00 Colin Murphy
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 114/01/09 14:52:00 Colin Murphy
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:3rd runway protest tonight at Terminal 114/01/09 18:35:00 Jonathan Bingham

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