Mandelson in green custard attack!

Whatever one may think of Lord Mandelson he is a government minister and he is trying to work things out. As a member of the Cabinet I do think he is entitled to some dignity and a bit of respect. I disagree fundamentally with an awful lot of what he says, but he deserves to be spoken to in a civilised manner. The young woman who decided to splatter his face with green custard is no respecter of civilised debate and certainly no respecter of the law. How did we know it was only custard? And what of those with Lord Mandelson? They allowed the woman to walk off. Have they not heard of a citizen's arrest? Common assault was the least of her wrongdoing.

Politics in general and differences of opinion are best dealt with by discussion. This woman, Leila Deen, shows only petty anger and childish stunt abilities. If she is so concerned about airport expansion let her tell us about it. All we now know is that she is a competent custard thrower.

Plane Stupid is one of those "cause" outfits, rather like the anti-hunting mob. They are more concerned about being in a tribal cause group that they are bothered by the thing they are supposedly campaigning against. It's rather like football crowds going week after week because not to is seen as being disloyal to the tribe.

The picture above shows the pompous little tit, Leila Deen that is, standing over Lord Mandelson. She says, "That such a clearly corrupt human being is still in government, despite being unelected, is an affront to democracy and a threat to any hope we have of stopping the impact that climate change is already beginning to have on our lives. We have a tiny window left to stop climate change. I want to tell my children that I did not stand back and applaud as Mandelson ruined our last chance."

So she takes the law into her own hands. Her high-minded zealotry is itself an attack on democrcy. This small collection of 'affinity groups' (as they say!) are running around in a gaggle of ill disciplined cells. They have no place in a democratic country, for they would be the first to sit in judgement over others, rather like a dictator.

I am against the Heathrow Expansion for the simple reason that we do not need it. Mandelson may have been cosying up to the BAA bosses, but that will all come out in debate. This action helps neither the science of climate change nor the decisions concerning the airport industry.