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Date: Sat, 05 Jul 1997 13:47:55 +0100
From: Earth First
To: roadalert@gn.apc.org
Subject: Action Update - June email edition
Trollercombe Mile
A collective of A30 campaigners tested the 'Vote Labour for more of the
same bollocks' idea by setting up a new camp on the lunar landscape which
was Fairmile. As site security dreamed of winning the lottery, locals and
activists dug through the night and by morning had a secure section of
tunnel, erected a tripod and recycled lock-ons which had been left on site
since the eviction in January. Finally security got on to it and whole place
was soon swarming with police and media, all suitably stunned by the crafty
ingenuity. A30 Action challenged New Labour to halt all DFBO schemes and
demanded a public enquiry into the A30 works (there's never been one).
It took most of the day for police and security to clear the site and by the
evening New Britain was much the same as Old Britain (except for a bigger and
more expensive security presence).
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