It's not hard to get lost in the Great School Debate that's filling in the RTT front page and letters column, let alone several Facebook groups -and even this blog: On the LBRUT's catholic obsession. So what's the story?

Heathrow is by far the most dangerous airport in the country for those on the ground because there are far more planes flying over far more people than anywhere else. This fact is largely ignored by the government.

The traffic jams are only a start if BAA gets their way with Airlink: sign the petition!

Thanks to Greenpeace, I will own a (small) bit of land right on the proposed Heathrow extension: check their airplot page.

I've also, and you should do the same, sent an open letter to HM's Government about this, here it is in full:
Dear Prime Minist

I picked up last week a
flyer from the LibDems at North Sheen station, to read that at my great pleasure Susan Kramer has obtained that the footbridge to the South side of the track will be rebuilt.

This is not only a practical issue, as with the new tr

It was announced last week that Stansted and City airports [would] get the expansion go ahead (Greenpeace UK).

So, where does that leave us with the Heathtrow expansion?

Heathrow expansion (the current plan is a third runway between the A4 and M4,

Maybe feeling the heat over the Tories transportation
plan, the British Airways CEO mounted a counter PR attack yesterday: BA criticises Tory Heathrow plan (BBC, 1/10/08) (via Londonist).
Mr Walsh says the latest idea that a rail link from Leeds and Manc

At the time they are faced with being broken up by the anti-trust regulator, BAA are still putting out misleading statements, as relayed in this BBC article:
Delays become worse at Heathrow
Their PR officer claims that "Heathrow is full and its depend

While BAA is being threatened with breakup by its friends at the DfT and still considers its rivals being Paris and Amsterdam, other airlines are moving fast into new segments taking note of rail as an unbeatable competitor on short journeys and jet fuel p

Sometimes political correctness drives me over the edge: Nothing To Do With Arbroath: British government bans the word 'obese' to describe overweight children Does using euphemism help
solving the issue? At a time when "Obesity 'threatens future of NHS'" (