At the beginning of the campaign, Goldsmith struck a principled tone: “I promised you if my party won the [2015 general] election, the third runway would be scrapped. With his good looks, easy charm and unshakable confidence, Goldsmith became the best-known face of the campaign against Heathrow’s expansion. The Lib Dem leader, Tim Farron, took the gloves off, calling Goldsmith’s campaign “unspeakable” and “appallingly racist”. Looking to shake off the hangover of the mayoral battle, Goldsmith came back again and again to his record on Heathrow throughout the Richmond Park byelection campaign. “The people of Richmond Park and North Kingston have Britain’s future in their hands,” she said.

Source: The Guardian December 02, 2016 12:02 UTC