Guilt-ridden lefties want to keep Britain grounded on tarmac

CARING about events overseas at the expense of their own country has long been a hallmark of left-wing MPs.

- Tim Newark

Hence their support for net zero policies that punish UK citizens to save the rest of the planet. But such political perversity has reached a new low among politicians of the left.

Zarah Sultana, Coventry South’s MP, has loudly objected to Labour’s U-turn on building a third runway at Heathrow — citing the “climate emergency”. To construct the much-needed extra runway would be “reckless, short-sighted and indefensible”, she warned — and the planet would suffer.

Now, however, she is using her position as an MP to push for a brand new airport 5,000 miles away in Mirpur in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. Apparently it’s fine to build airports, just as long as they’re in Pakistan, not the UK.

Labour’s Rosena Allin-Khan also backs the Mirpur project, despite slamming the Heathrow third runway plan for “severe disruption and pollution”.

THEY were joined by five other Labour MPs who objected to the Heathrow expansion. A total of 20 (mainly Labour) backbenchers called on Sir Keir Starmer to back proposals for a new Mirpur international airport. The apparent irony of their position was not lost on Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick, who wrote: “Their rank hypocrisy is subverting the UK’s interest.”