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Zac Goldsmith set to quit as MP over Heathrow decision Zac Goldsmith set to quit as MP over Heathrow decision
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Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith is set to resign and force a by-election in his constituency in a protest against the government's backing for a new runway at Heathrow Airport.Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith is set to resign and force a by-election in his constituency in a protest against the government's backing for a new runway at Heathrow Airport.
Mr Goldsmith's local Conservative association confirmed he would honour his longstanding pledge.Mr Goldsmith's local Conservative association confirmed he would honour his longstanding pledge.
The Richmond Park MP and ex-London mayoral candidate has long campaigned against Heathrow expansion.The Richmond Park MP and ex-London mayoral candidate has long campaigned against Heathrow expansion.
On Twitter, he said the government's decision was "catastrophic". He described the government's decision as "catastrophic".
"I will be meeting my constituents later today before making a statement," he added. "I will be meeting my constituents later today before making a statement," he added on Twitter.
A letter sent to local party members by the local association was published by the Huffington Post.A letter sent to local party members by the local association was published by the Huffington Post.
Mr Goldsmith held his south-west London seat in 2015 with a 23,015 majority. The Liberal Democrats finished second.Mr Goldsmith held his south-west London seat in 2015 with a 23,015 majority. The Liberal Democrats finished second.
He recently predicted that whatever the government decided, a new Heathrow runway was "not going to happen". Speaking in the Commons after the Heathrow announcement, he said: "The government has chosen a course that is not only wrong; it's doomed.
"It is wrong because of the million people who will directly suffer on the back of the environmental harm this project unavoidably produces, and doomed because the complexities, the cost, the legal complications mean that this project is almost certainly not going to be delivered."
He predicted Heathrow would be a "millstone around this government's neck for many many years to come".