Heathrow 3 - Where I stand by George Fussey

To avoid any doubt at all, can I say that Liberal Democrats are against a third runway at Heathrow on environmental grounds alone. It is unthinkable that the skies over our heads will have to cope with 50% more flights (rising to over 700,000 per year). Expansion will make it inevitable that flight paths will blight the lives of many more residents as attempts are made to fill what are already overcrowded skies. The noise and air pollution caused by the traffic to such an overblown airport would make life in Windsor, Eton and Ascot totally intolerable. Having lived and worked in the constituency for the last thirty years I accept that I may have stronger views on this issue than many other candidates. It is also worth remembering that we have Labour to thank for the third runway proposals in the first place and that, on this issue, they cannot even agree amongst themselves. I give residents in Windsor my personal guarantee that as their MP I will oppose a third runway no matter what.