I say continue with the heavy handed aproach. As much as the police tactcs are, as usual, based on intimidation and bullying, they merely serve to further the cause of the protestors. Usually the police like to intimidate and harras protestors untill they snap and react to the intimidation with illegal action. They then get their arrest and a nice write up in the press. So long as those protestors keep up a peaceful and non disruptive aproach, any arrest is fantastic publicity. Unfortunatly, these kind of demonstrations are always marred by a minority who rely on violence or rediculous and dangerous behaviour to get a point across. This gives the police exactly what they want. Why on earth would one think that glueing ones self to a car would have any impact on BAA? Getting your head bashed in by a police officer in riot gear for being involved in a peaceful, legal demonstration or being locked up for a couple of days under the terrorism act just for being near the area inspires far more sympathy from the media and the public. With any luck, the legal and peaceful means will prevail and it will be the police who will be hailed as criminals, not the protestors.

Jim, Midlands, UK

Another sign that Britain has become a police state------so reminiscent of fascist germany of the 1930-1940 era.

John Phillips, Kelowna, Canada, BC

Rent a mob at it again the costs to the tax payer are another burden.

Robert, Malaga, SPAIN

It still mystifies me that with perfectly good regional airports travel agents still recommend a flight from Heathrow or Gatwick. It must be a good earner for them despite their proposed itinerary meaning I have to get hour many hours earlier, endure extra travel to H/G, suffer the ludicrous check-in queues there and bascially feel I've been fleeced.

I was first in the queue to support Bristol airport's expansion plans, really to point out to the local 'greens' from all parties that the consquence of their objections will be either more summer gridlock on the M5 to Cornwall (and I never hear them asking for 4 lanes on that route!!) or for flying then even more passengers directed to London which is madness.

Get in the real world!

James, Bristol, UK

Rolito ,You fall back on easy cliche's to describe a selfless group of protesters.This "pc"nonesense is ssssooooo boring,non-applicable,and so overused as to be almost redundant as a term.Furthermore,it seems the lot of anyone acting in a caring way,to be labelled thus.Climate change is a scientificallly verified phenomena,not the product of the fevered minds of anarchists.Wake up from your fog,put aside your bigottry and you might just see what danger we are all in.

Rob , Plymouth, UK

Rolito, Obviously your home, ancient church and husband's grave is not going under the new runway.

Christine in Hayes, Hayes, Middlesex, England

These climate protestors have done a great disservice to true civil rights heroes by claiming their treatment has been heavy-handed.

They are not standing in front of tanks protecting a sinister regime, but being restrained so they cannot deal harm to innocent employees of BAA.

Peter Cooper, Newbury,

Activists vs. couch potatoes? At least people at the camp tried to make a change, while there are citizens who are just able to criticise the methods of direct action also because they would never have the spirit to challenge heavily armed policemen ready to beat them down. It is time for couch potatoes to take a stand against climate change or admit they are just scared of taking any action.

Paul, London, UK

When powers designed to stop the far more sinister threat of real terrorism are used to quell peaceful protest we start sliding down a slippery slope.

Simon Gouldman, London,

Are these same protestors the ones who travel from various parts of the UK to get to Heathrow to protest? Presumably they don't get there by horse and cart or by foot?

So how come they have the 'right' to travel when they feel the need, but other people who want to travel (by air, say) don't have that right?

When railways and stations, highways, motorways, etc were built, did they not disposses people of their property and cause disruptions? Where were the protestors then, probably being members of the CND, etc.

Can somebody explain to me when I will be allowed to exercise my 'right' to travel, as and when I see fit, without being inconvenienced and harassed by protestors enjoying their 'rights'.

Mal, Edmonton, Canada

I don't care about global warming and we should have more power stations build and the planet already damage and we should do more damage that be great.

michael gwen jay, London, england

"It’s a peaceful protest, there are far too many police." Danny Shaw would like there to be fewer police, on the grounds that they aren't needed, because the protesters are peaceful and would like to peacefully break some laws, if only there were fewer police getting in the way.

Tsk, says Danny, police should only prevent the really violent, non-ideological crimes. Everybody knows that.

Non-violent obstruction still causes harm.

Felix, Nottingham,

A sad day for GB when it chooses to ignore the obvious. A sad day when the government turns up the temperature knob on the planet in spite of brave, sensible protests to the contrary. Sacra Fames Auri, indeed! We, the people of the world, are being ruled by ball-less burocrats.

Eugene, Heidelberg, germany

Bring the water cannons and give them a dousing , better still get tear gases and teach them what to expect. Too much "human rights" in the UK, the French would not allow this to happen. Are they less democratic for that? No they have not allowed to be bulldozed by the politicslly correct brigsde

Rolito, Tunbridge Wells , UK

unmask this totally overlooked challenge to Global Warming and expose it to the light of day.... factor it in as primary causal.

Dyson, Carlton Arms, USA Fla

we are allowed to protest, letters to the times have the same effect these days.
i use recycled chip fat in my car.
i changed my life style.
i protest peacefully.
i voted them in, i can vote them out. well, nearly

tim, pershore, gb