Mayor of London tells Cameron to ignore Davies report as former transport minister brands it 鈥榠llogical鈥�
London mayor Boris Johnson made an impassioned case for an estuary airport in his keynote Conservative party conference speech.
Johnson led the charge of senior Tories today calling for prime minister David Cameron to ignore the recommendations of Howard Davies鈥� Airports Commission to build a new runway at Heathrow.
Davies recommended expansion at Heathrow after taking three years to pull together his report, with the government promising to make a decision by Christmas. A number of cabinet ministers, including Johnson, foreign secretary Philip Hammond, home secretary Theresa May and international development secretary Justine Greening, are known to be opponents of expansion there.
Johnson branded Heathrow an 鈥渆nvironmentally disastrous solution鈥� and called on Cameron not to 鈥渂odge鈥� the decision by building only one runway and putting it in 鈥渢he wrong place.鈥�
Johnson has campaigned loudly against Heathrow expansion since being elected mayor, however choosing to highlight the issue in his set piece conference speech during the week鈥檚 when a decision is pending, made today鈥檚 comments significant.
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