Miliband refuses to say whether he personally backs Heathrow

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1. I mean he obviously won’t he’s a climate nut and moving all the manpower and resources will produce green house gases.

2. Why is this always seen as such a gotcha? Our individual opinions and preferences are often compromised by the wider context we find ourselves working, competing, collaborating in etc. 

3. He is a National Security Threat. A great many of the problems that we currently face can be traced back to the Climate Change Act that he introduced in 2008.

4. If every single member of a government are always in complete agreement, then that government isn’t making any tough decisions.

5. I would love to live in a society where politicians aren’t required to personally endorse a decision made by their party as a decision they agree with. 

   I would love it if in this scenario, Miliband could say “personally, I disagree with building a third runway, but politics is about compromise. As a party we’ve gone through all the options and came to this decision, and whilst it’s not a decision I would have made unilaterally, I back my party’s decision.” and for this quote to be reported without the inevitable misquoting of “I disagree with building a third runway” followed by a hijacked discussion about a party at war with itself. 

   Obviously not going to happen, but I’d love it if we could get there.

6. It won’t happen. Doesn’t need to happen. HS2 was a white elephant.

7. >I am part of the government and I abide by collective responsibility.

   Well we knew he was spineless from his time as leader.

8. It was amusing when they tried to claim building a third runway would somehow reduce emissions due to planes landing faster instead of circling. As if they won’t just increase the number of flights. I played Cities Skylines, I know building an extra lane won’t reduce congestion (aka Downs-Thompson paradox).

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