Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Random thoughts

Those of you who read my occasional writings, will understand that I have a penchant for expressing my views on most subjects but I am particularly vocal about injustice and the way people are treated. Politics and sport often come up.
So I ask the following question:
Which fucking tosser decided that an additional runway for Heathrow is a good idea?
Have you driven around the M25 where it meets the M4, M40 and goes off to the airport? Are you completely insane? Gatwick would have been bad enough but Heathrow you've got to be havin a giraff! I know governments are influenced by big business and money but come on this is one of the worse decisions ever perpetrated on the public and specifically the local community.
clearly the government has lost all reason and I might add an inability to understand simple logistics. The road system is not brilliant anywhere around big cities but the traffic in this area is chaos unless it is the middle of the night!
I understand there will be consultation and a parliamentary vote, well woop de do, that makes it all okay then!
The economy, naturally needs to grow but do we ever really do more than play lip service to the human and environmental cost? I am not the most green advocate on the planet but I do understand that we cannot keep pouring pollution into the atmosphere.
As a former diplomat ( I may have mentioned this in prior writings) I have seen first hand how infrastructure schemes can damage localities and displace people without seemingly caring about the consequences. Progress must never be made simply to increase capacity without a clear plan as to how the knock on effect will affect every thing else. Much that will be affected will not come to light for many years after the change is made.
If we must increase the capacity for air traffic, can it no be done somewhere where the impact would be less and if the surrounding infrastructure is not adequate improve it. No matter where or what is done there will be objection and disruption but Heathrow is a joke of a decision and should rightly condemned.

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