It's timely today to share this again:
"What no Growth?"
Luckily there's a viable alternative.
https://gettingreal.org.uk/2024/07/14/what-no-growth/
#Heathrow #Growth #degrowth

“I’m a Labour MP – but the government’s ‘growth’ mission reeks of panic.

“Approving Heathrow expansion is an irreversible break with our pre-election pledges.”

Clive Lewis in the Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/31/labour-mp-government-growth-heathrow-party

#UKLabour #LabourParty #Environment #Heathrow #Reeves #Starmer #Betrayal

Even if Rachel Reeves does think that a new runway at Heathrow is a pro-growth policy (to the annoyance of anyone even vaguely interested in net zero or a green transition), actually building the runway may prove practically difficult, not least of all as current plans include moving the M25 into a tunnel, but mostly due to the lack of capacity in the construction sector.

Failing to fund Further Education (which trains so many construction workers) is casting a long shadow.

#Heathrow
h/t FT

#Heathrow expansion looks like Labour’s first big ‘worse than the Tories’ moment. Unpopular, inconsistent and won’t deliver growth at the speed #Reeves’ needs. Seems solely designed to signal loudly ‘I care more about growth than the climate’.