This book is the author's contribution to the debate on the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport. It focuses on the harmful long-term societal problems of Heathrow, which have been magnified every few years by government decision-making, based on short-term thinking and questionable aims, driven by business, always in the face of strong public protest. This book details many of the enduring problems and myths about Heathrow and how democracy is failing us in the UK, showing that it is time to clip the wings of the Heathrow monster and choose a more sensible future.