{"id":3383,"date":"2015-10-22T07:41:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T07:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3383"},"modified":"2015-10-22T07:41:54","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T07:41:54","slug":"campaigners-mark-6th-anniversary-of-pms-promise-not-to-build-a-3rd-runway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3383","title":{"rendered":"Campaigners mark 6th anniversary of PM&#8217;s promise not to build a 3rd runway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Press Release<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>19\/10\/15 <em>for immediate use<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Heathrow campaigners park plane outside Downing St to mark 6<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of Prime Ministers \u2018No ifs, no buts, no 3<sup>rd<\/sup> runway\u2019 speech<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12094970_1129667070394770_4113741313739574319_o-1-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3384\" src=\"http:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12094970_1129667070394770_4113741313739574319_o-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"12094970_1129667070394770_4113741313739574319_o\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To mark the 6<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of David Cameron\u2019s speech where he promised \u2018No ifs; no buts; there will be no third runway\u2019 Heathrow campaigners parked a plane outside Downing Street this morning <strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On 19<sup>th<\/sup> October 2006 David Cameron, then leader of the opposition, made his now famous promise in a speech at a rally in Christ School in Richmond <strong>(2).<\/strong>\u00a0 When the Coalition Government came to power in 2010 it ruled out any new runways for the duration of that Parliament.\u00a0 But in 2012 it set up the Airports Commission, under Sir Howard Davies, to look at the case for new runways.<\/p>\n<p>In July of this year the Commission recommended a third runway at Heathrow.\u00a0 The Prime Minister is expected to announce before the end of the year whether he accepts that decision.<\/p>\n<p>Margaret Thorburn, spokesperson for the campaigners said, \u201cToday\u2019s colourful stunt is a visible reminder to David Cameron of the promise he made on this day six years ago.\u00a0 If he breaks it, he will not be forgiven by tens of thousands of people in and around London and countless environmentalists across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Notes for Editors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>(2).<\/strong> Report of the original speech<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk\/news\/4694685.David_Cameron___No_third_runway___no_ifs__no_buts_\/\">http:\/\/www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk\/news\/4694685.David_Cameron___No_third_runway___no_ifs__no_buts_\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release 19\/10\/15 for immediate use \u00a0Heathrow campaigners park plane outside Downing St to mark 6th anniversary of Prime Ministers \u2018No ifs, no buts, no 3rd runway\u2019 speech To mark the 6th anniversary of David Cameron\u2019s speech where he promised \u2018No ifs; no buts; there will be no third runway\u2019 Heathrow campaigners parked a plane &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/?p=3383\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Campaigners mark 6th anniversary of PM&#8217;s promise not to build a 3rd runway&#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\/3383"}],"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=3383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacan.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}