ANDREW PIERCE: Ambitious Ed Miliband's Heathrow hush spells deja vu
Daily MailThe Government’s resident eco-fanatic Ed Miliband has for years opposed proposals to build a third runway at Heathrow. Though Mr Miliband, unlike almost every other Cabinet minister, did not attend Reeves’s speech revealing her Heathrow proposals or Sir Keir Starmer’s Prime Minister’s Questions session afterwards, he said suggestions that he might quit over the debacle are ‘ridiculous’. One of Miliband’s first acts as leader was to ditch Labour’s support for the expansion, with the party stating that it was ‘off the agenda’ due to the ‘local environmental impact’. Ed Miliband has for years opposed proposals to build a third runway at Heathrow One of Miliband’s first acts as leader was to ditch Labour’s support for the Heathrow expansion Hypnotist Paul McKenna helped Nigel Farage overcome his fear of snakes before his £1.5 million stint on I’m A Celeb. ‘It is likely to be the last, unless the Prime Minister instructs the Chancellor to increase the defence budget now.’ Labour’s London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has splurged £2.1 million on a statues commission.
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Ed Miliband U-turns on Heathrow expansion after previous opposition
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Ed Miliband STILL won't say he backs Heathrow expansion as he FINALLY breaks cover for Commons grilling - nearly a week after Rachel Reeves' bombshell announcement
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Ed Miliband won’t resign over Heathrow third runway despite environmental concerns
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