No Third Runway

Demonstration against the governments plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport at Downing Street at 5.30 pm on Thursday 19th February 2009. This demonstration was very well attended, with hundreds of anti expansion demonstrators taking the message to Gordon Brown that we don't want his new runway. A handful of pro expansion demonstrators turned out too, showing the true reflection of people's views on this issue. Gordon Brown should listen to the people who pay him and his government to run this country for us. The destruction of a community, while advocating sustainable communities, compliance in BA/BAA's plans for a third runway which will see CO2 emissions soar, while setting targets for reductions in them are just two examples of how two faced he and his government are. We will not let him get his way, we will see the back of him and his government before he can see this wicked plan come to fruition.

Heathrow Airport Expansion

Up at 6.30 am to catch the 7.11 to Waterloo, in the pouring rain. Should I walk the 15 mins to College Green (opposite the Houses of Parliament) or catch the Jubilee Line to Westminster, and then just a short walk. No brainer really. Get on the tube for the 2 min ride to Westminster, but, alas, the train won't start. The announcement promises it will be fixed, but then another announcement says, sorry, but the train will have to be taken out of service. So, a dash to College Green, in the rain, to arrive over 15 mins late for the 8am demonstration against Heathrow Airport Expansion. 57 red balloons to represent the 57 Labour MP's who may vote against Gordon Browns plans to destroy a community in Sipson, to the north of Heathrow. The Conservative and Lib Dem parties along with the Greens and others are against the expansion. I join in the protest song, vote NO to airport expansion, then the small crowd breaks up at 8.30am to go back to where we came, which is all over London and the suburbs, as Airport Expansion will not only affect the residents of the village that would be destroyed, but a large area of London and its suburbs, where the quality of life will be destroyed by the constant noise and pollution created by air travel. Was it worth it, YES, we have to stand up for what we believe to be right, even if those around us say, what's the point, the Government will do whatever it is that they want anyway. We pay the government, so it’s about time they listened to us, and did what we want.