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Boris Island critics to demonstrate outside City Hall

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A poster launched by opponents to the Mayor's airport scheme
Opponents to Boris Johnson’s proposed new airport in the Thames Estuary are to demonstrate outside City Hall on Friday morning.

The Mayor has championed the scheme in the face of opposition from local politicians and environmental campaigners and despite the Estuary being beyond London’s borders and City Hall having no power to construct airports

Campaigners from No Estuary Airport, the Campaign against Climate Change and AirportWatch will be joined at their protest by London Assembly members Jenny Jones, Caroline Pidgeon and Murad Qureshi.

Phil Thornhill from the Campaign against Climate Change said: “There is at the moment no way of sustaining air travel on a large scale without precipitating a potentially catastrophically high level of climate destabilising emissions which will wreck the future for everyone.

“Boris Island is not the answer. We need to think more deeply and imaginatively on how we organise transport systems for the future that are truly sustainable.”   

Comments

  1. Should be in UKIPs choice Manston,Kent or my own ,RAF Northolt,keeps its functional if argentinians invade Falklands again!..Minimal development no disturbing wildlife and Expansion not to invasive.

  2. too much development link RAF northolt already on central line HS£ to Heathrow,add another runway to Gatwick

  3. Well it does solve sending flights over heavily populated cities, where millions of people have to raise children it is a poor mans future. North Kent is a region of the country where many jobs need to be provided too.

  4. The article forgets to add that the demo starts at 9:30am, hope to see you there.

  6. RAF Northolt is logical as a lot of infrastructure is Already there?…London resembles a building site as it is….Boris Island too far away,would Ruin an Area of Outstanding Scientific interest and beauty.I think London is overcrowded,but a lot of People dont !! More Humans,more resources,eg roads,homes,schools,hospitals,Airports,needed.jobs etcccccccc

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