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Topic: Heathrow CEO Urges Starmer to Back Third Runway
Posted by: Ian Armstrong
Date/Time: 01/12/24 17:24:00

If Starmer were to allow this, he will go down in history as our worst Prime Minister in modern times.

Accommodating Heathrow expansion would require a massive investment of taxpayers' money in infrastructure at a time when we cannot afford anything like the level of funding needed to prevent our public services from collapsing. 

Whatever the budget, the lesson from HS2 and major projects before, is that it will be four or five times higher.  Heathrow is a hub.  Which means much of the traffic is in transit.  The only beneficiaries will be the airport's foreign owners while the taxpayer foots the bill for generations to come. 

Can it be hoped that this weak Prime Minister will take a holistic view in deciding that the nation has far more pressing needs?      


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Heathrow CEO Urges Starmer to Back Third Runway01/12/24 17:24:00 Ian Armstrong
   Re: Heathrow CEO Urges Starmer to Back Third Runway01/12/24 17:42:00 Steve Taylor
      Re:Re: Heathrow CEO Urges Starmer to Back Third Runway01/12/24 19:00:00 Richard Greenhough
         Re:Re:Re: Heathrow CEO Urges Starmer to Back Third Runway01/12/24 20:58:00 David Burke
            Re:Re:Re:Re: Heathrow CEO Urges Starmer to Back Third Runway01/12/24 20:59:00 David Burke
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Heathrow CEO Urges Starmer to Back Third Runway01/12/24 21:37:00 Richard Greenhough
   Re: Heathrow CEO Urges Starmer to Back Third Runway01/12/24 17:47:00 Paul Jennings
      Re:Re: Heathrow CEO Urges Starmer to Back Third Runway01/12/24 18:57:00 Joy Skinner
      Re:Re: Heathrow CEO Urges Starmer to Back Third Runway01/12/24 19:26:00 Julian Pavey
         Re:Re:Re: Heathrow CEO Urges Starmer to Back Third Runway01/12/24 19:59:00 N V Brooks
            Re:Re:Re:Re: Heathrow CEO Urges Starmer to Back Third Runway02/12/24 10:46:00 Alex Cavell
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Heathrow CEO Urges Starmer to Back Third Runway02/12/24 10:48:00 Alex Cavell
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Heathrow CEO Urges Starmer to Back Third Runway03/12/24 10:56:00 Felicity Caborn
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Heathrow CEO Urges Starmer to Back Third Runway03/12/24 12:56:00 Claire Moran
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Heathrow CEO Urges Starmer to Back Third Runway05/12/24 08:44:00 Francis Rowe
                           Reply06/12/24 08:54:00 Andrew OSullivan
                              Re:Reply07/12/24 10:28:00 Mark Evans
                                 Re:Re:Reply07/12/24 13:25:00 Steve Taylor
                                    Re:Re:Re:Reply09/12/24 11:23:00 Mark Evans
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply09/12/24 16:59:00 Steve Taylor
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply09/12/24 17:48:00 Andrew Jones
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply09/12/24 20:11:00 Julian Pavey
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply09/12/24 20:15:00 Steve Taylor
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply10/12/24 01:09:00 Andrew Jones
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply10/12/24 08:18:00 Steve Taylor
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply10/12/24 08:52:00 Nicholas Beard
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply10/12/24 12:15:00 Steve Taylor
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply10/12/24 12:33:00 Keith Iddon
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply10/12/24 12:51:00 David Burke
                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply10/12/24 12:59:00 Julian Pavey
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply10/12/24 14:34:00 Claire Moran
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply10/12/24 14:43:00 Steve Taylor
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply11/12/24 16:04:00 Andrew OSullivan
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply11/12/24 16:20:00 Claire Moran
                                                         Reply16/12/24 08:50:00 Andrew OSullivan
                                                            Re:Reply16/12/24 09:24:00 Peter Evans
                                                               Reply17/12/24 12:00:00 Andrew OSullivan
                                                                  Re:Reply17/12/24 14:02:00 Julian Pavey
                                                                     Re:Re:Reply17/12/24 15:44:00 N V Brooks
                                                                        Re:Re:Re:Reply17/12/24 16:04:00 Julian Pavey
                                                                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply19/12/24 14:56:00 Jeremy Parkinson
                                                                              Reply20/12/24 09:03:00 Andrew OSullivan
                                                                                 Re:Reply24/12/24 09:52:00 Anita Blake
                                                                                    Re:Re:Reply24/12/24 21:23:00 Tim Henderson
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Heathrow CEO Urges Starmer to Back Third Runway25/12/24 11:03:00 Nicholas Beard

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