Rachel Reeves's suggestion of backing a third runway at Heathrow sparks debate within Labour and raises questions about the party's commitment to climate goals. The potential economic benefits of the project are weighed against its environmental impact, while the stance of figures like Ed Miliband and Sadiq Khan adds further complexity to the issue.
‘A third runway at Heathrow … This is the heavy hint dropped by Rachel Reeves this week that, if realised, could open the gate to the Labour Upside Down.’‘A third runway at Heathrow … This is the heavy hint dropped by Rachel Reeves this week that, if realised, could open the gate to the Labour Upside Down.’ Rachel Reeves flies back from Davos to lead a revival of the aviation perennial.
Yes, we are now just days out from Rachel Reeves’s big speech on growth, delivered against the backdrop of an economy she is widely credited with having shrunk.
For former future Labour-leader Sadiq Khan, it’s a more complicated moment. In 2018, the London mayor joined an action to take the government to court if parliament ever approved a third runway at Heathrow. He won the mayoralty for a third time last year on a similar platform andlast week – only for Reeves to hint she was backing the runway this week. Pressed subsequently to explain how such a court case would be funded,: “there is no money set aside in the budget for a legal challenge”.
Forms of words are, arguably, our other last great manufacturing industry. So expect record levels of production of them in the discourse now, as we open the debate on whether the third runway will be an economic magic bullet – or 21st-century Britain’s deadliest form of cakeism yet.
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