Exactly, fdf for Mayor - let there be some common sense!
If this crystal clear recommendation is kicked into the long grass like so many others in UK infrastructure, then we might as well forget our collective aspirations to solve Britains coagulated transport problems.
It is exasperating when 40mins away in Schipol, there's not two but three more runways than LHR. Not to mention their trams, rail links (straight to the airport - egads), bicycle lanes.... It's not as if Holland is sparsely populated...
Boris, Goldsmith and Greening may voice their objection, but I hope and suspect the noises are self-protection.
Somewhat ironically, as Frank so aptly illustrated, the third runway allows for respite. Coupled with steep(-er) approaches and the next gen 787, 350 320neo and 777X the low noise contours would be worth the enormous economic benefit - Trying to explain this to the local political groups is another matter though!