A coalition of green activists has bought the piece of land that was to be the site where the third Heathrow runway was to be built. Oscar winner Emma Thompson, new Tory posterboy Zac Goldsmith and NGOs such as Greenpeace have teamed up to buy the land before the government gave the project the green light.
Smart move if you ask me. Zac Goldsmith, Tory PPC for Richmond Park, has been quick and put out a press release taking pretty much all the credit for the idea…how do you think his rival and fellow campaign organiser Susan Kramer feels about that?
Kramer also bought a patch of the land – a blow for Zac, who must now step up his efforts even further to counter Kramer’s moves to lead the whole Heathrow campaign, not just the Lib Dem Heathrow campaign.