Evidence fix led to third runway being approved 11 March 2008
An investigation by the Sunday Times has found the airports operator BAA colluded with government officials to “fix” the evidence in favour of a new third runway at Heathrow. In the effort to push through the third runway, the government and BAA have bent the facts to fit the case.
3000 Attend End-of-Consultation Rally 3 March 2008
Central Halls, Westminster, in the heart of London, had to open an overspill hall as 3,000 people packed an end-of-consultation rally. The rally was addressed by representatives from all the political parties, the local authority group 2M, Plane Stupid, the Greater London Authority, Greenpeace as well as local campaign groups HACAN and NoTRAG. It also heard from all four of the main Mayoral candidates. The rally was the culmination of nearly 40 public meetings which took place across London and the Home Counties. In total around 20,000 people attended these meetings.
Thousands Attend Protest Meetings 20 January 2008
Thousands of people are packing protest meetings. 1,000 people turned up to a meeting in Chiswick. Over 700 packed the hall in Putney. And a Public Meeting in Richmond was attended by more than 600 people. At each meeting there was a sense of utter determination to stop the expansion plans in their tracks. These meetings follow on from packed meetings in Sipson and Harlington just before Christmas.