Martin Porter

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Press Release: No arrests at Barton Moss camp as protectors are allowed to police themselves

Campaigners at Barton Moss Protection camp today enjoyed a day with nobody being arrested as Greater Manchester Police changed tactics and allowed the campaigners to police themselves. The last two months have seen daily arrests for obstructing the public highway as well as other offenses which the protectors deny. However the protectors, who have always …

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Blog: The Debate Gets Personal

I think I’ve been around this campaigning lark long enough to know how it is supposed to work. Activists come out with the hyperbole and ad hominems to get themselves noticed, and the government responds with dull statistics and boring reports. However the current debate on fracking seems to have all this back-to-front. The Prime …

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