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Our M.P.

Report in today's 'i' paper that the only M.P. to challenge Rachel Reeves on her growth plans, specifically a third runway at Heathrow, at a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party last night, was Ruth Cadbury.

Vanessa Smith ● 63d14 Comments

The traffic does vary from day to day and are always affected by roadworks/accidents:weather. Some days it’s fine, others not so great. Even at rush hour.There do seem to be fewer vehicles on the roads, but obviously they back up quickly if there’s a hold up. Don’t see so many bikes as claimed though.

Simon Hayes ● 53d

The M4 elevated section should have been tunneled years ago! However successive Governments are not interested or wont invest in it. Take the disgrace of the Hammersmith Bridge fiasco,that is years away from being rebuilt and we wonder why the traffic is so bad around Kew Bridge. Guy Lambert asserts the traffic has got better. Thats not my experience in the area whatever he says. The Potholes have got worse on our local roads and I do not see much evidence of repairs either.

David Cook ● 53d

One wonders what shifting Sands Malhotra is saying now?

Raymond Havelock ● 54d

Maybe she will finally get serious about the state of the A4 especially under the flyover which people including Guy have been trying to get sorted for over 20 years. The filth and non existing lighting is a disgrace Not to mention the Yellow Box con which has made Windmill Road Junction dangerous from unsure ( and unable ) drivers not sure and blocking up the junction or causing emergency stops.And the insane mess at Ealing Road where the queues delay the 65 in both directions leading to regular curtailment and de bussing and long queues on the A4 eastbound in particular. All of which creates ripple affect over a huge area.Never a word from her on that.

Raymond Havelock ● 54d

The M4 already has speed limits introduced for Air quality. The disruption the new runway construction will cause will be huge even for us in West London. Then when its complete we will all suffer from much more noise and air pollution.I don't see the Hypocrite Ed Milliband resigning in protest. But there again we have the worse Government I can ever remember in my living history and we have had some bad ones. So Ruth Cadbury wont resign over this. But she might have to over US election interfering!

David Cook ● 57d

Pity she didn’t feel so strong about her party taking money off the old and the cold ,ah but then  I forgot she was waiting for a crumb to be thrown from the top table which she caught and became chair of the transport committee.If she has honour at all, she should immediately resign and force a by election on the third runway

Robert Ayres ● 58d

John McDonnell has also spoken out against the decision, although he wouldn't have been at the meeting as he has had the whip withdrawn.

Phil Andrews ● 58d

The problem will be this nonsense of carbon offsets or in other words dumping a problem onto somewhere else and blaming something else.This is where the Ulez was first concocted and no doubt a Ulez 2.0 will be imposed across west and south West London to appease the decades of high pollution that works will entail as well as operations.The Chancellor parroting on about growth but when? It is needed now and quick. But this will not reap a benefit for at least 40 years and the cost may never be recovered in even her lifetime. Not withstanding that the airport is privately run and has shareholders and the hinterland overdeveloped limiting any more industry or adequate operational space without carving up what's left of the green belt.Boris's Estuary airport plugging into an already in place HS1  with a sea port and links to the rest of the country avoiding the main conurbations and yet still less than 35 mins by HS1, seems to make a lot more sense but will still be more than a generation away from benefits.Not mentioned are the jobs. There are plenty in and near LHR but the terms & conditions are a shadow of what was there 30 years ago.  My first job there is now proportionally 60% less than I earned in 1981, no proper breaks, no provided place unfair deductions for early shift timekeeping, but dependent on public transport being 100% reliable. No seats whilst on the floor.I feel really sorry for the current generation who have no idea what the same job was like a generation back. It was to be honest fun and pay was adequate for the work expected.There is never any mention of quality and career jobs - just jobs.

Raymond Havelock ● 59d

I just read on the TW8 Forum that the runway 3 idiocy is 75% for international transfer passengers who bring zero benefit to the UK, merely extra noise and pollution, not to mention all that CO2, deadly to the planet. Let's hope that Ruth and Boris lying in front of the bulldozers will stop it. Or maybe some brave judges at judicial review. It is rather difficult to see how a 3rd runway could be possible vs our existing legal climate emergency commitments. A minor miracle: I agree with Simon Hayes, especially about the timescale, 2045 completion, if ever.

Eric Baker ● 59d

Ruth is Chair of the Transport Committee

Derek Collett ● 59d

Ruth Cadbury always wanted a better Heathrow rather than a bigger one.People in North Brentford are going to be most affected by this proposal.Unfortunately this Government is lying through their teeth on a whole lot of issues. One thing they certainly dont understand just like LBH is ecological issues and damage to the environment this will cause. It makes another mockery of their net zero plans which is my opinion is now dead in the water with what the US is doing.Its just like the 1.5 million homes they not going to build without the skilled workforce in place.

David Cook ● 62d

Will she still vote for it anyway?

Paul Fisher ● 62d

To obtain growth we require tens of billions spent on social housing now. Not spent on a third runway to be used by the affluent ten years or more in the future. Well done Ruth Cadbury to oppose.Putting up NI on employers has stopped growth dead. If Rachel Reeves is the best Chancellor Labour can produce I give up on them.

Chris Dakers ● 62d

Fair play to Ruth Cadbury for sticking to her principles.Starmer, Robot Rachel and co have set a new low in government incompetence. Labour avoided saying anything in its manifesto about aviation other than some vague nonsense about airspace ‘modernisation’ and sustainable fuel. Laughable that we have ULEZ imposed on us, yet having thousands more flights across London is okay. Strange, strange logic.Anyone seriously concerned about the environment and global warming should be discouraging flying. Maybe Robot Rachel was reprogrammed on her recent visit to China to be less green. The real winners in an expanded Heathrow will be the international investors (including Chinese and Qataris) who own the airport.Still, by the time it’s built in 2045 those holiday destinations like the Maldives will be somewhere alongside Atlantis, while the hurricane force winds lashing the UK will make flying even more fun, at least for those privileged few who can afford it by then!

Simon Hayes ● 62d