The Tories approved a third runway for Heathrow today, which is quite the volte face given both Cameron and May’s historic opposition to the policy.

Back in 2012, Cameron launched his ‘No Ifs, No Buts’ campaign to oppose “Labour’s third runway”:

And Cam’s in good company, with May decrying the third runway back in 2009 as dealing “a major blow to local residents”:

Another May leaflet from November 2010, months after the Tories scrapped plans for the third runway, reads:

“Expanding Heathrow in this way would have had a detrimental effect on the Maidenhead and Twyford areas by increasing levels of noise and pollution, and the Government’s announcement is a victory for all those who have campaigned against it.”

Meanwhile Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has repeatedly flip-flopped over the past decade, admitting in a 2009 interview he had in fact voted against Heathrow expansion.

No ifs, no buts, no consistency whatsoever.