Campaigning with Mary Macleod

Mary Macleod, PPC for Brentford and Isleworth held a campaigning day across her constituency on Saturday. We were blessed with clear skies until around half four and a fine spread of food!

The group of local MP's PPC's ,including Justine Greening, are all agreed on a strategy to oppose the expansion of Heathrow. In Mary's words:

"My personal view is very simple. I am a business woman so I am certainly not against business growth and expansion. The problem here, is that future expansion at Heathrow Airport will affect the lives of thousands of residents and have huge implications on the environment and the quality of life of the local community"

Having been there for just a day, it did strike me how noisy and constant the planes were. One resident commented on the dichotomy the expansion presents: she herself had benefitted from BA shares and the employment opportunities Heathrow provides but she was frustrated at the constant level of noise generated by the overhead flightpath.

It is issues such as these that reinforce my belief that the winning elections is all about local issues, which is why it is so important to re-build and expand CF at a local level.