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Wed 05 May 2009Opposition to runway takes off as business class joins in
LONDON BRIEFING:BRITISH BUSINESS leaders have weighed into the debate over the future of Heathrow airport, coming down firmly against the UK government’s controversial plans for a third runway.
Their surprise intervention is another blow to the increasingly isolated British prime minister Gordon Brown and gives an unexpected boost to environmentalists, who have long campaigned against any expansion at Heathrow.
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