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Opinion: The Lib Dems should back Lord Foster’s plans for a new Thames Airport

By London Liberal | Thu 19th January 2012 - 9:24 am

Imagine if the Lib Dems had been in power in the west of England in the 1830s during the construction of Brunel’s visionary Great West Rail line. 19th century equivalents of ‘Focus’ leaflets (which, on reflection, would probably have looked much the same and have been produced in much the same way) would have dropped through the letterboxes of local residents in affected towns and villages warning them of terrible noise and rural devastation from years of construction activity that would permanently scar their cherished landscape.

Or imagine Lib Dems in opposition in the 1930s, who would have campaigned against those unsightly …

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  • User Avatarnuclear cockroach 19th May - 3:31pm
    @Martin Lowe All true, despite any Trappist vows undertaken by those travelling on the Underground.
  • User Avatarnuclear cockroach 19th May - 3:28pm
    "you cannot wish away euroskeptic voters" Your spelling gives away more than you imagine. "or pretend they are few enough that you don’t need to...
  • User AvatarMadasafish 19th May - 3:18pm
    Having read most of the comments: Running away from an issue just makes it worse. Facing up to an issue and taking the lead usually...
  • User AvatarManfarang 19th May - 3:17pm
    Does the Sun report true stories? I have never noticed.
  • User AvatarDominic 19th May - 3:07pm
    agree with the article but very wary of any stats coming from ActionAid. As their recent (scurrilous and wholly fallacious) campaigns on tax demonstrate, these...