The Heathrow Airport expansion lobby group got a shit - er...shot! - in the arm today as London Mayor Boris Johnson slammed 'arsehole operators' in the long-running saga.
He described current proposals as a 'bum deal' for the cash-strapped traveler and vowed to press ahead with his Thames Estuary plans.
"There'll be no turd runway as long as I am Mayor," Johnson vowed.
Richard Branson is in a right old pickle.
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