{"id":3328,"date":"2015-09-09T09:27:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T09:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3328"},"modified":"2015-09-09T09:27:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T09:27:00","slug":"heathrow-poll-shows-support-for-3rd-runway-static","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3328","title":{"rendered":"Heathrow Poll Shows Support for 3rd Runway Static"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Press Release<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>9\/9\/15 for immediate use <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Heathrow Poll Shows Support for 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Runway Static<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heathrow Airport today published a poll which shows that support for a third runway remains static <strong>(1).<\/strong>\u00a0 Around 50% support expansion, with 34% opposed to it.\u00a0 This is very similar to the findings of a poll they released at the beginning of the year <strong>(2).<\/strong>\u00a0 A third of people continue to oppose expansion.\u00a0 In fact the figures have changed little over the past decade <strong>(3).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John Stewart, the chair of HACAN, the campaign group which opposes expansion, \u201cIn their heart of hearts Heathrow must be disappointed with these results.\u00a0 Despite the millions they have spent on advertising, the polls have not moved.\u00a0 Indeed the Government, which is considering whether to give the green light to a third runway, might be more interested in the numbers which continue to oppose expansion.\u00a0 Hundreds of thousands of people do not want a third runway.\u00a0 That is formidable opposition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Notes for Editors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>(1).<\/strong> The latest poll: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.populus.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Heathrow_Jul+Aug15PressSet.pdf\">http:\/\/www.populus.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Heathrow_Jul+Aug15PressSet.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>(2).<\/strong> The January 2015 poll: <a href=\"http:\/\/mediacentre.heathrow.com\/pressrelease\/details\/81\/Expansion-News-23\/4363\">http:\/\/mediacentre.heathrow.com\/pressrelease\/details\/81\/Expansion-News-23\/4363<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>(3).<\/strong> The 2007 poll: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/blog\/?p=281\">http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/blog\/?p=281<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For further information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John Stewart on 0207 737 6641 or 07957385650<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release \u00a09\/9\/15 for immediate use \u00a0Heathrow Poll Shows Support for 3rd Runway Static Heathrow Airport today published a poll which shows that support for a third runway remains static (1).\u00a0 Around 50% support expansion, with 34% opposed to it.\u00a0 This is very similar to the findings of a poll they released at the beginning &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3328\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Heathrow Poll Shows Support for 3rd Runway Static&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}