Charity TalkCharity Talk

John StewartJohn Stewart

Who are we?Who are we?

►HACANHACAN represents the residents represents the residents under the Heathrow flight pathsunder the Heathrow flight paths

►AirportWatchAirportWatch is the national is the national network which brings together network which brings together local campaign groups and NGOslocal campaign groups and NGOs

The Heathrow CampaignThe Heathrow Campaign

►The expansion proposalsThe expansion proposals

► - a 3- a 3rdrd runway runway

► - a 6- a 6thth terminal terminal

► - a big increase in planes on the existing - a big increase in planes on the existing

runwaysrunways

►Overall flight numbers to exceed 700,000Overall flight numbers to exceed 700,000

Lessons learnt from Lessons learnt from defeatsdefeats

►Bring together Bring together widest possible widest possible coalitioncoalition

►Don’t duck theDon’t duck the economic economic argumentsarguments

►Engage inEngage in Pro-active campaigning Pro-active campaigning

Building a coalitionBuilding a coalition

►Residents organisationsResidents organisations

► Local authoritiesLocal authorities

►MPsMPs

►National Environmental organisationsNational Environmental organisations

► Young environmentalists (including Young environmentalists (including

direct action activists)direct action activists)

► Take on board a wide range of issuesTake on board a wide range of issues

Coalition in actionCoalition in action

►Unity of purpose; diversity of Unity of purpose; diversity of tacticstactics

A wide-ranging coalitionA wide-ranging coalition

►““There is an anger and a potential There is an anger and a potential rebellion that runs from eco-rebellion that runs from eco-warriors through to merchant warriors through to merchant bankers”bankers”

Daily Telegraph 3/4/08Daily Telegraph 3/4/08

2525thth Feb: Addressing a Feb: Addressing a RallyRally

Two days laterTwo days later

Wider LinksWider Links

►Making Making national linksnational links through through AirportWatchAirportWatch

►Making Making European linksEuropean links

Don’t dodge the Don’t dodge the EconomicsEconomics

►Important to tackle the reason the Important to tackle the reason the Government gave for expansionGovernment gave for expansion

►Commissioned our own economics Commissioned our own economics report from consultants CE Delftreport from consultants CE Delft

Influencing the economic Influencing the economic debatedebate

►Put the Government on the Put the Government on the defensivedefensive

►Give weight to our positionGive weight to our position

►Influence the opposition partiesInfluence the opposition parties

Pro-active CampaigningPro-active Campaigning

►Not being bound by official Not being bound by official structuresstructures

►Campaigning on our territoryCampaigning on our territory

►Using official structures for our Using official structures for our own purposesown purposes

Commission researchCommission research

►EconomicsEconomics

►JobsJobs

►NoiseNoise

►Climate ChangeClimate Change

Influence politiciansInfluence politicians

►Cross-partyCross-party

►Influence opposition partiesInfluence opposition parties

►Cultivate sympathetic politiciansCultivate sympathetic politicians

Develop alternativesDevelop alternatives

Capture the mediaCapture the media

Work with direct actionWork with direct action

►Not everybody takes direct actionNot everybody takes direct action

►butbut

►Part of a network of complex Part of a network of complex relationshipsrelationships

Will we win?Will we win?

►Conservatives and Liberal Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have pledged to scrap Democrats have pledged to scrap all Heathrow expansion plansall Heathrow expansion plans

Making Heathrow into an Making Heathrow into an iconic struggleiconic struggle