Sadiq Khan has pledged to use “any tool in the toolkit” to fight Reeves on her plan to expand Heathrow and get a third runway operational by 2035. One man has stepped forward as his legal champion…
None other than Jolyon Maugham has reassured his supporters that the Good Law Project is “already dusting off our plans, formulated with a leading environmental Silk, to challenge Heathrow expansion.” Back in 2021 the Good Law Project began soliciting donations for its legal battle against any possible expansion to the airport – all it managed to do was repeatedly complain about the Airports National Policy Statement and sending Jolyon’s favourite pre-action protocol letter to the government. Now the grift can take off again…
Reeves insists that her new growth projects and Net Zero go “hand in hand” – something that Ed Miliband has expressed his doubts about when it comes to Heathrow. Any legal campaign against Reeves’ plans will no doubt have public and private support from more than one senior Labour figure. Guido isn’t sure Jolyon’s reverse midas touch will be welcomed with open arms…
Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock was asked if Burnham will take Britain back into the EU:
“Yes, sure – his commitment is authentic. He really does understand from the grassroots up why restoring what I think of as normality in our continent is vital for every party economically, politically, culturally, in terms of security, and he’s able to articulate it in language that people can understand. So yeah, he is definitely”.