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 …
Jan 25 2014
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 …
Jan 23 2014
Blog: Residents counter latest installment of GMP Smear Campaign
Yet more political policing from GMP, who have today released a statement containing a series of false accusations and lies. We had seen this coming. After all, the police presence on Barton Moss Road mostly coincides with the arrival of trucks, as they act not to facilitate the right to peaceful protest, but to facilitate …
Jan 04 2014
Public Footpath sign removed by GMP
Dec 24 2013
Greater Manchester faces new fracking threat
Communities across Greater Manchester could face the threat of fracking following the Government’s announcement last week (Tuesday 17 December 2013) on a new licencing round for onshore oil and gas. The map showing possible areas of the country where fossil fuel companies can purchase drilling rights includes the whole of Greater Manchester
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