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Our great Leader likes Heathrow now

In the GuardianSteve Curran, the Labour leader of Hounslow council, and Henry Smith, the Conservative MP for Crawley, which includes Gatwick airport, said their two constituencies “have the awful distinction of heading the national league tables for numbers furloughed and unemployed”

Basil Finnis ● 2179d8 Comments

What an absurd title for this thread!The Guardian article deals with cross party campaigning on behalf of tens of thousands of workers affected by the collapse of activity at Heathrow and Gatwick. This is not about support for airport expansion.If these adverse economic effects continue the impact upon local authorities such as Hounslow and Crawley will be a huge fall in business rate income, increased costs to authorities of additional support needed by families affected by unemployment, and an inevitable sharp increase in local council taxes to meet budget shortfalls.

John Connelly ● 2178d

Course is not an absurd title, you idiot.Hounslow has actively campaigned against Heathrow although it provides the jobs for a huge abound of people. I'm not for the expansion of LHR but I'm pointing out the hypocrisy of Hounslow Council policy.

Basil Finnis ● 2178d

https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/news/article/83/statement_on_heathrow_airportRead and absorb then grow up.

John Connelly ● 2178d

'a huge abound'?That's a new one on me.P.S. If you meant 'amount' then it should be 'number'.

Anne England ● 2178d

Julian Pavey ● 2178d

Hounslow and the Hounslow Chamber of Commerce are well in cahoots with Heathrow, always have been, always will be.

Claire Moran ● 2178d

Hounslow don't know which way to turn when it comes to Heathrow. They say they're against expansion but haven't joined with Hillingdon, Richmond, Wandsworth, Windsor & Maidenhead and Hammersmith and Fulham as well as the Mayor of London in the legal battle to stop the 3rd runway.

Bruce Hammal ● 2178d

Didn’t Johnson say that he would lie down in front of the bulldozers? So it’s bound to be ok.

Stewart Jones ● 2177d