No, not The Drifters, but protestors against the expansion of Heathrow airport. Up on the roof? Why, the House of Commons of course.
Yesterday, campaigners from Plane Stupid took on the Commons security (not much of a task, it appears) to mount a protest at Westminster, lasting three hours.
It's the airport's plans to build a third runway by 2020 and increasing the amount of flights by 60,000 in 2015 which have provoked the action and the activists unfurled a banner stating as much.
They were given blanket coverage by the 24-hour news channels - which surely only further encouraged them to extend their roof-top sit in? After e-mails from viewers, the channels ended coverage and the publicity eager Plane Stupid group.
Yesterday, campaigners from Plane Stupid took on the Commons security (not much of a task, it appears) to mount a protest at Westminster, lasting three hours.It's the airport's plans to build a third runway by 2020 and increasing the amount of flights by 60,000 in 2015 which have provoked the action and the activists unfurled a banner stating as much.
They were given blanket coverage by the 24-hour news channels - which surely only further encouraged them to extend their roof-top sit in? After e-mails from viewers, the channels ended coverage and the publicity eager Plane Stupid group.
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