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With one bound Boris was free! That seems to have been the government’s reaction to the Court of Appeal’s decision in relation to Heathrow, at least judging by the Transport Secretary’s somewhat disingenuous statement that as this was a private sector project the government would not be appealing the decision. Given how quickly the statement was made and how long the 2 related judgments were (143 pages) one wonders whether they were even read, let alone considered. 

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So pending Supreme Court decision Heathrow expansion is dead, but the government needs to be careful in that while it will be very happy about the excuse not to go ahead with Heathrow, the same reasoning could affect things it does want to achieve?