Heathrow expansion is an object lesson in the dominance of a rapacious sector of industry over government decision-making. John McDonnell Read Quote
New Labour has created a society increasingly oppressed by the worry of personal debt. John McDonnell Read Quote
The interests of big corporations have so permeated government that its major decisions are indistinguishable from the boardroom demands of the leading companies in each commercial sector. John McDonnell Read Quote
Nationally, unrestrained Heathrow expansion has prevented the balanced development of regional airports and their economies and the planning of an integrated transport system maximising more environmentally friendly modes of transport such as rail linked more effectively to Europe. John McDonnell Read Quote
New Labour has systematically alienated section after section of our natural supporters – teachers, health workers, students, pensioners, public service workers, trade unionists and people committed to the environment, civil liberties and peace. John McDonnell Read Quote
Producing more reams of detailed policies that have marginal and limited effects on our society is futile. John McDonnell Read Quote
You’ve got to demonstrate you’re capable of developing policies but, more importantly, you’re capable of implementing them. John McDonnell Read Quote
The decision over Heathrow expansion exemplifies the style of policy-making that starts with capitulation to a powerful self-interested lobby, blatantly fixes a public consultation and then drives through a policy that destroys any vestiges of green credentials the government had left. John McDonnell Read Quote
People realise that if Labour is to fulfil its founding goal of transforming our economic and political system into a more equal, free and truly democratic society, which provides security and life-changing opportunities to the British people, then there is no going back. John McDonnell Read Quote
Ministers may not be responsible for administrative errors, but they are responsible for major policy blunders. John McDonnell Read Quote
