In Pictures: Heathrow Third Runway Defeat As Unite Lose Power To Spread Misery
NO third runway signs in the village of Sipson near Heathrow Airport. Not yet. Objectors claimed victory in a High Court battle over plans for a third runway at the airport. A High Court judge ruled that plans for the expansion must be reconsidered.
The Unite union wanted the runway. With more tarmac and more passengers a strike would hit even more people. Hurrah! There would more people for staff to mock as they walked through genital scanners. More passengers would sit in huge sun-free hangers full of theme pubs and chips wondering if Spain is worth it and how the place could be improved with a bomb.
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Hundreds more lost souls would be sat in baggage halls watching their beards grow and wondering how long the whiskers need to get before they are profiled as a security threat and invited into the back room for a free drink.
Sardonic men would snort with derision that with militant Muslims the threat everyone is invited to remove their shoes as if passing into a mosque.
But the plan to make Heathrow bigger is on hold. It’s been a big campaign. And Anorak has tracked it. We bring to the story in pictures:
Posted: 26th, March 2010 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink