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Originally Posted by Chris
Lawsuits brought by "local" protest groups which are actually a front for all the usual soap-dodging suspects, who, once they have had their day in court and lost, will then resort to building tree houses and protest tunnels all over the site while the authorities stand back and let them get on wth it. Having allowed crusty to get himself well dug in, the government will then apply to the courts to have him removed, and when the court has reserved judgment for a few months and then decided crusty has to go, the whole pantomime of digging him out can get underway.
Only then can any runway-building actually happen. Except it can't, because that's when a rare population of great crested newts is discovered right in the middle of the site.
I'd say 2030 is optimistic.
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I think there will be lots of NIMBYism lawsuits as well. And now a by-election from Goldsmith.
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Goldsmith has now resigned. By-election. Be interesting if he stands as an independent against a Tory candidate. It's a safe seat but not
that safe. It's an area which the Lib Dems might seek a shock win if the Tory vote is split.