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A Political Thread pt. 2

Bada-Bing! said:
www.theguardian.com

Airport expansion puts the government on the flight path to years of trouble and strife

On top of the added levels of noise and air pollution, there’s the non-trivial matter of demolishing hundreds of homes, diverting several waterways and rerouting a long stretch of the M25
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I never understand why they keep wanting to expand Heathrow and not Gatwick.

Gatwick is the largest single runway in Europe, 2nd busiest in the UK, 8th in Europe, handled 60m+ per year, has excellent transport links (M23, dedicated rail direct from the terminal) and already has a runway designated as an emergency runway already in situ which can handle some 80% of existing planes (all but the biggest)

The agreement to not allow a 2nd runway expired 5 years ago. Planning permission was sought July 2023 and they're still waiting and yet you don't hear anybody from government supporting it.
 
AlRums said:
I never understand why they keep wanting to expand Heathrow and not Gatwick.

Gatwick is the largest single runway in Europe, 2nd busiest in the UK, 8th in Europe, handled 60m+ per year, has excellent transport links (M23, dedicated rail direct from the terminal) and already has a runway designated as an emergency runway already in situ which can handle some 80% of existing planes (all but the biggest)

The agreement to not allow a 2nd runway expired 5 years ago. Planning permission was sought July 2023 and they're still waiting and yet you don't hear anybody from government supporting it.
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www.bbc.co.uk

MPs call for delay to Gatwick Airport expansion decision

The MPs argue that aircraft noise "isn't being comprehensively or accurately monitored".
www.bbc.co.uk

Decision due end of this month.
 
Gatwick doesn't have good transport links. It's in the wrong place in London unless your coming from the South East.

Now making other airports more viable like Birmingham that's a far better idea.
 
ncurd said:
Gatwick doesn't have good transport links. It's in the wrong place in London unless your coming from the South East.

Now making other airports more viable like Birmingham that's a far better idea.
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It has 1 mile access to the M23 to the M25 and it has a dedicated rail service station in the south terminal, since 1958 it's has rail services.

I will admit personally I have to drive past Gatwick to get to Heathrow.
 
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Bada-Bing! said:
www.bbc.co.uk

MPs call for delay to Gatwick Airport expansion decision

The MPs argue that aircraft noise "isn't being comprehensively or accurately monitored".
www.bbc.co.uk

Decision due end of this month.
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A couple of those MPs are in constituencies unaffected by noise, I lived in Tunbridge Wells, 25 miles away, for 20 years (Tonbridge is right next door) we never noticed aircraft noise at all. Martin has only been an MP since July so has missed most of the planning anyway.
 
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Reiser99 said:
The language is so scary. Calling government departments criminal organisations from effectively an unelected businessman who has been given a government role.
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The whole thing reeks of corruption and fascism. Nothing of what they are doing is legal yet nobody seems to give a ****. Republicans repeatedly show what scumbags they are. They are trampling over the law, all over the Constitution and over basic human decency. Democrats though are so painfully ******* feeble. Their responses are so weak and pathetic. Republicans would get everyone worked up, foam and the mouths and get their base regurgitating their message over completely fabricated wrong doing whilst Democrats are completely incapable of nudging public opinion beyond mild apathy on the most rampant attack on the core values of the USA since the civil war...

People in the USA recipe the pledge: "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all,". Republicans are opposing the Constitution, the rule of law, liberties and equal treatment. They are sabotaging the country. I know such words get thrown around a lot but let's call them what they are, they are ******* traitors. They are sacrificing the nation to the alter of Trump.
 
Bada-Bing! said:
www.bbc.co.uk

MPs call for delay to Gatwick Airport expansion decision

The MPs argue that aircraft noise "isn't being comprehensively or accurately monitored".
www.bbc.co.uk

Decision due end of this month.
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Oh Gatwick airport 😍 my first airport where I've been to when flew to London many years ago. Flew there from one country where I lived then,and next one was Luton when I changed a country of living. I liked Gatwick much more than Luton
 
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AlRums said:
Yeah, I just read that.

What's the betting he tries to do it here with reform?
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I'm sure he'll try. He's using his vast wealth to buy power and influence at Govt level in order to award his businesses commercial and trading advantages.
 

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