Dog-faced-soldier said:
The protesters have a good point but their method is quite frankly insane. Shoot the bastards and then scrap the new runway plan. There are plenty of other airports that could be expanded.
Gatwick ... long-standing protests against another runway.
Stansted ... long-standing protests against further development.
Perhaps everyone should get on the train [using the West Coast Main Line

] to Glasgow and fly from there .... ?
The greater mass of the population is in the South, and therefore the airports are needed THERE.
Alternatively, we just give up airports altogether and accept that the 21st Century will only happen in other countries.