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Anti-Heathrow expansion protesters have climbed on to the roof of the Houses of Parliament.

At least five people are on the roof of the part of the building which houses the Parliamentary press gallery, next to Big Ben.

The people on the roof unfurled banners including one saying "No 3rd runway at Heathrow".

The incident comes two days after a similar protest when banners were draped over a plane at Heathrow.

The protesters said they had gained access to Parliament's roof using visitor passes to get into the building and then via a fire escape.

The protesters, who have been throwing paper planes off the roof, have been joined by police.

The protest will raise fresh questions over security at the Houses of Parliament.

The buildings have been subject to increasingly tight security measures in recent years because of the threat of terrorist attack.

Security had also been reviewed and stepped up after previous protests, including a fathers' rights group throwing purple powder at then prime minister Tony Blair, and anti-fox hunting protesters entering the Commons.

this just came in my email inbox. i hear em about climate catastrophe but i wonder if rallying against the heathrow expansion is the best battle to choose, strategerically speaking.

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        Campaign against Climate Change



      DEMONSTRATION at HEATHROW         



            Saturday MAY 31st

                                   

  Please note change of date to that previously announced – apologies, this was out of our control !



A SPRING CARNIVAL OF RESISTANCE TO AIRPORT EXPANSION



            Called by Campaign against Climate Change, HACAN, NOTRAG , and others….



                                                            More details soon



On Monday 25th February there was an indoor Rally against Heathrow expansion in the Central Hall, Westminster , with around 3,000 attending (a second Hall had to be used). This was after many local meetings around West London up to a thousand strong. The movement against the Third Runway at Heathrow is gathering pace….and snowballing exponentially…..



This is not just about Heathrow, this is about drawing a line in the sand against big investment decisions that are locking us into a headlong plummet into climate catastrophe. The huge expansion in aviation, of which the Heathrow expansion is the flagship component, is totally incompatible with winning the battle against climate catastrophe, totally incompatible in fact, with the Government’s own Climate Bill.



This is a battle we need to win – and a battle we can win !  We want to see people coming from all over the country to join the tens of thousands who will be protesting in West London . We want a massive show of force to make sure we win our first big victory in the war to redirect Britain towards a low carbon future.  Come and be part of it – join a Spring Carnival of Resistance to the Third Runway, Airport Expansion and the insanity of government decisions that would lock us into climate catastrophe.



We can stop the third runway ! We will stop the third runway !



Watch this space for more details as they become available.



Put the date in your diary now !



Tell everyone you know about it !





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this just came in my email inbox. i hear em about climate catastrophe but i wonder if rallying against the heathrow expansion is the best battle to choose, strategerically speaking.

***

        Campaign against Climate Change



       DEMONSTRATION at HEATHROW         



             Saturday MAY 31st

                                    

  Please note change of date to that previously announced – apologies, this was out of our control !



A SPRING CARNIVAL OF RESISTANCE TO AIRPORT EXPANSION



            Called by Campaign against Climate Change, HACAN, NOTRAG , and others….



                                                            More details soon



On Monday 25th February there was an indoor Rally against Heathrow expansion in the Central Hall, Westminster , with around 3,000 attending (a second Hall had to be used). This was after many local meetings around West London up to a thousand strong. The movement against the Third Runway at Heathrow is gathering pace….and snowballing exponentially…..



This is not just about Heathrow, this is about drawing a line in the sand against big investment decisions that are locking us into a headlong plummet into climate catastrophe. The huge expansion in aviation, of which the Heathrow expansion is the flagship component, is totally incompatible with winning the battle against climate catastrophe, totally incompatible in fact, with the Government’s own Climate Bill.



This is a battle we need to win – and a battle we can win !  We want to see people coming from all over the country to join the tens of thousands who will be protesting in West London . We want a massive show of force to make sure we win our first big victory in the war to redirect Britain towards a low carbon future.  Come and be part of it – join a Spring Carnival of Resistance to the Third Runway, Airport Expansion and the insanity of government decisions that would lock us into climate catastrophe.



We can stop the third runway ! We will stop the third runway !



Watch this space for more details as they become available.



Put the date in your diary now !



Tell everyone you know about it !





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Iindoor rally, in case it rains?