An Essex councillor has been given a tongue-lashing by feminist writer Germaine Greer when he tried to enlist her backing for the Stop Stansted Expansion campaign.
Alan Dean, of Uttlesford District Council, called at her Great Chesterford home hoping to get her support for the campaign to prevent up to three extra runways being built at Stansted Airport.
What he got was a lecture from Ms Greer, also an English professor, on the merits of expansion.
She said: "If the Queen doesn't complain about living six miles west of Heathrow, why would I complain about living 16 miles north of Stansted.
"Runways run east-west; the Queen has to have aircraft taking off and coming in right over her head but I wouldn't even see them.
"Roll on Stansted expansion."
Published Wednesday, January 8, 2003
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