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#TakeVAT lands at Heathrow

Dorothy Perkins | 12.02.2011 13:08 | Public sector cuts

#TakeVAT activists met up at Green Park before heading off for Heathrow's Terminal 3 on the Picadilly Line. Fun and games followed, with press being told that they can't film and protestors being told that they would be arrested for aggravated tresspass if they didn't leave the teminal.

Where to go
Where to go

What to collect
What to collect

Outside Terminal 3 Heathrow
Outside Terminal 3 Heathrow


Latest reports say they are outside Terminal 3, having been chased through the short stay car park by police, and police are offering to escort them to the boundaries of the airport.

Dorothy Perkins
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Comments

Display the following 15 comments

  1. Question ? — anon
  2. Is this a joke? — anon
  3. Spot on — Paul
  4. Make air travel VAT exempt — tax_trickery
  5. its doable — ed
  6. Spin — not richard murphy
  7. And so? — Paul
  8. Ok, I've got it now! — anon
  9. zero rated — not richard murphy
  10. tax is tax whatever the name — mollycock
  11. Moreover... — Paul
  12. It's a sneaky anti aviation protest — Sneaky
  13. I don't think airline tickets are taxed by the government — anon
  14. doubtful — anon
  15. there is Air Passenger Duty but I think that is it — anon