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Brown quizzed over 'dossier on Heathrow rebels'
Nicholas Cecil, Chief Political Correspondent17.06.09
Gordon Brown was today urged to reveal whether government officials passed files on opponents of a third Heathrow runway to the police.
Uxbridge Conservative MP John Randall asked Mr Brown at Prime Minister's Questions whether dossiers on John McDonnell, Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington, and himself were handed to police. The MPs are leading campaigners against Heathrow expansion.
Mr Brown said: “Any allegation that he makes will of course be investigated but this is not something that has been brought to my attention.”
A DfT spokesman said: “The suggestion that individuals had their details added to a database of troublemakers' is untrue. No database exists, nor have details been passed to the police.”
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Brown has backed expansion at Heathrow with two main supporters - BA - about to go bankrupt and BAA very nearly bankrupt. Great partners for infrastructure and a real good choice for a strategy which has brought both to the end of thline. So man thigs depresout thi
1. Big Brother Goverment and police Tactics (again)
2. An absence of candor from Hoon on the huge health impacts today let alone in the future for residents - early deaths, asthma rates for kids, undersized early births, ne polluiin of the scale wh no one responsible to monitor it or care less about it.
3. Utter absence of strategic thinkig that understands that large long term transport needs will need to have non-oil based alternatives - like Rail - of all western Europe only UK plc is so far off the curve - its pathetic.......
- Christian Ball, London, UK
