Plane Stupid targets Red Bullshit

Envi­ron­men­tal cam­paign group, Plane Stu­pid, has deposit­ed a large mound of manure out­side the south Lon­don HQ of soft drink giant Red Bull.

Red BullshitEnvi­ron­men­tal cam­paign group, Plane Stu­pid, has deposit­ed a large mound of manure out­side the south Lon­don HQ of soft drink giant Red Bull. Three activists, dressed as ‘aveng­ing air host­esses’ in wigs and mini-dress­es the same colour as the company’s logo, crowned the mound with plac­ards read­ing: ‘Red Bull-sh*t’, ‘Red Bull gives you (plane) wings’ and ‘No sec­ond run­way by stealth.’

The move was prompt­ed by the rev­e­la­tion that Red Bull has applied for plan­ning per­mis­sion to build an aero­drome oppo­site Lon­don City Air­port. The com­pa­ny claims that the new con­trol tow­er, run­way and heli­pads would sup­port its annu­al air race on the Riv­er Thames.

But there are grow­ing fears that the com­pa­ny is work­ing with Lon­don City Air­port and Newham Coun­cil to intro­duce a new heli­port and per­ma­nent run­way for pri­vate jets through the back door. ‘We believe Red Bull’s claim is bullsh*t and we’re telling them so,’ said spokes­woman Eliz­a­beth Baines.

‘Lon­don City Air­port is posi­tion­ing itself a major hub for City exec­u­tives,’ Eliz­a­beth con­tin­ued. ‘We sus­pect that Red Bull’s plan­ning appli­ca­tion is an under­hand way of help­ing the air­port to attract pri­vate jet and heli­copter users. That way, they won’t have to deal with fierce oppo­si­tion from peo­ple in East Lon­don who are sick and tired of the noise and pol­lu­tion from the air­port.’

Lon­don City Air­port has been feel­ing the heat recent­ly. Local cam­paign group Fight The Flights (FTF) has launched a High Court bid to stop the air­port from expand­ing its flights vol­ume by 50%. Six local coun­cils have pub­licly sup­port­ed FTF’s bid. The Greater Lon­don Assembly’s Envi­ron­ment Com­mit­tee is also hold­ing a probe into the effects of the expan­sion.

‘We insist that Newham coun­cil turns down this plan­ning appli­ca­tion. Red Bull may have high fly­ing ideas but this time we think their wings should be clipped,’ Elsie added. ‘

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Leo Mur­ray: 07595 506673
Nan­cy Birch: 07506 006597