James Forsyth James Forsyth

Is this Labour’s new argument for airport expansion?

Today, at Prime Minister’s Question Time, Harriet Harman—standing in for Gordon Brown—joked that she could not become PM because:

“there aren’t enough airports for all the men who would want to leave the country”

Well, at least it will give the “race and gender impact” study into a third runway at Heathrow something to look at.

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