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Motorists spared more go slows - for now
9:20am Sunday 15th June 2008
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MOTORISTS in Hampshire have been told there will be no repeat performance of yesterday's go-slow protests - at least not for now.
Up to 100 agricultural vehicles clogged up the A31 causing traffic chaos as farmers vented their anger over soaring fuel prices.
But even though the convoy attracted national attention, the campaign organiser has vowed the next round of protests will take place elsewhere.
Bruce Horn of Farmers for Action, told the Daily Echo: "We have not made any plans for any more convoys in Hampshire in the near future. But we are going to keep niggling away across the country and keep up the momentum.
"If it proves successful then our next protest may be through London."
A stretch of the A31 between Cadnam roundabout and Stoney Cross came to a grinding halt yesterday as around 100 tractors, lorries and farm vehicles inched along the dual carriageway.
Police escorted the demonstration in a bid to keep disruption to a minimum but many of the surrounding roads were jammed for around three hours.
Officers said the event passed off peacefully and that there were no reports of incidents.
Your Say YourThis is Hampshire
i know best, dorset says...
8:31am Sat 14 Jun 08
new forest here we come.
?, says...
8:41am Sat 14 Jun 08
I thought it was about switching production of food to make fuel rather than for eating?
gorf, soton says...
8:57am Sat 14 Jun 08
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bob, t'internet says...
9:25am Sat 14 Jun 08
Wewullywinky, says...
9:26am Sat 14 Jun 08
The fat cats are getting fatter and we are suffering for their greed. Burn the lot of them or feed them to the dogs.
Dixon, Cadnam says...
9:27am Sat 14 Jun 08
Another example of poor thinking by police.
Lost Supporter, Southampton says...
10:12am Sat 14 Jun 08
john, Andover says...
12:02pm Sat 14 Jun 08
Jeremy Clarkson, says...
12:21pm Sat 14 Jun 08
Am I the only person who cannot understand these type of protests?? The fuel companies must be rubbing their hands together and laughing.
I would just drive onto a fuel station forecourt, get out of my vehicle and walk away.
When the forecourts are full of abandoned vehicles blocking the pumps, the right people might start to take notice.
me, soton says...
12:58pm Sat 14 Jun 08
Mick Sterbs, southampton says...
3:16pm Sat 14 Jun 08
Dixon wrote:I did'nt realize it was a police protest or choice???
A stupid place to hold it in view of the high number of fatal accidents on this stretch of road. Another example of poor thinking by police.
Its all pointless unless you protest in London. the government don't notice these events outside the city of westminster. Thats why they changed the law to restrict protest in London.
all area's of the UK need to organise a protest in Westminster at the same time. there needs to be so many people the authoritys have to stand by and let the peaceful protest through!
The Fuel Protest Forum, UK says...
3:30pm Sat 14 Jun 08
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Frustrated, says...
3:51pm Sat 14 Jun 08
this is scandalous.
cheeseandcrackersgot
allmuddy, says...
3:55pm Sat 14 Jun 08
I hope they get burgled while they are out.
Jeremy Clarkson, says...
4:02pm Sat 14 Jun 08
The Fuel Protest Forum wrote:What a waste even more fuel that we cannot afford, whilst playing directly into the hands of the oil companies by making people panic buy when fuel is at it highest price?
If you would like to arrange or take part in more fuel protests, please visit: http://thefuelprotes tforum.mybb3.org/ind ex.php
No thanks.
Mad Max, the colonies says...
4:21pm Sat 14 Jun 08
howmuch, not the colonies says...
6:26pm Sat 14 Jun 08
Mad Max wrote:LOL
I am out in the colonies, what is the price of unleaded now?? our petrol has had a price hike and we are paying about 69p a litre....
If you didn't laugh you would bloody cry.
Samuel, Lyndhurst says...
7:24pm Sat 14 Jun 08
They are happy to live in a capitalist country and capitalism dictates only the fittest companies flourish.
Its the same with the farmers claiming to be struggling yet living off tax payers subsidies.
Let them sink as far as I am concerned.
jed, backofbeyond says...
7:47pm Sat 14 Jun 08
Samuel wrote:Hear Hear.
I am fed up with hearing the whingeing bosses of Haulage companies and the like complaining about fuel prices.If a price rise puts some of these companies out of business it would suggest to me they are not very well run. They are happy to live in a capitalist country and capitalism dictates only the fittest companies flourish. Its the same with the farmers claiming to be struggling yet living off tax payers subsidies. Let them sink as far as I am concerned.
Very well put Samuel.
jed, backofbeyond says...
7:50pm Sat 14 Jun 08
cheeseandcrackersgotallmuddy wrote:Hear Hear.
How much fuel did these wan-kers waste on a pointless protest. The petrol stations are already running out of fuel because of strikes and they are wasting gallons of their own and the other poor sods who are caught up in it. The thick bast-ards use red diesel and claim that back through VAT. I bet they don't wait for hours at a petrol station waiting to fill up. I hope they get burgled while they are out.
Very well put cheeseandcrackersgot
allmuddy
Get Orf Moi Land, Whennal Thiswafields says...
9:58pm Sat 14 Jun 08
l fairney, southampton says...
10:09pm Sat 14 Jun 08
brad, says...
12:17am Sun 15 Jun 08
Aesop quotes (Ancient Greek Fabulist and Author of a collection of Greek fables. 620 BC-560 BC)
nannyogg, Ampshire says...
12:41am Sun 15 Jun 08
i know best, dorset says...
1:11am Sun 15 Jun 08
brad wrote:**** SAD GIT.
A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone.
Aesop quotes (Ancient Greek Fabulist and Author of a collection of Greek fables. 620 BC-560 BC)
Finlay, Des Moines, Iowa says...
2:42am Sun 15 Jun 08
....Ooops! Sorry. Thats here isnt it.
Fred, says...
10:51am Sun 15 Jun 08
Finlay wrote:Different gallon as well.
Why all the fuss? Its only GBP2/gallon! ....Ooops! Sorry. Thats here isnt it.
Wills, says...
12:38pm Sun 15 Jun 08
Gunggerdin, Hythe says...
9:58pm Sun 15 Jun 08
ANTI, says...
12:03am Mon 16 Jun 08
Gunggerdin wrote:What a boring little T-IT
What a turn out for a worthy cause. The people stuck in the queues will mostly understand because these people were doing this not only for themselves, but as a general gripe about the level of the price of a gallon. Don't forget, they don't drive their tractors down the pub on Saturday night for their well earned glass of coke. Finally, they had to do the protest on a weekend because they are working 14 - 16 hour days, out in the fields and on the farms during the week. Well done the protesters.
boris, says...
12:07am Mon 16 Jun 08
Wills wrote:
Why don't the lazy farmers get their animals to do the pulling of machinery? These poors guys in Africa do it and do you see them complaining, get a life and protest where someone actually cares.
Very well put Wills.
lulabelle, says...
8:34am Mon 16 Jun 08
lulabelle, says...
8:43am Mon 16 Jun 08
lulabelle, says...
9:02am Mon 16 Jun 08
klek, says...
1:37pm Mon 16 Jun 08
i know best wrote:i know best is a
Well done the farmers and truckers,stand still new forest here we come.
****SAD GET
i know best, dorset says...
5:48pm Mon 16 Jun 08
Gunggerdin wrote:Well done united we stand old chap.
What a turn out for a worthy cause. The people stuck in the queues will mostly understand because these people were doing this not only for themselves, but as a general gripe about the level of the price of a gallon. Don't forget, they don't drive their tractors down the pub on Saturday night for their well earned glass of coke. Finally, they had to do the protest on a weekend because they are working 14 - 16 hour days, out in the fields and on the farms during the week. Well done the protesters.
cheryl, hampshire says...
6:05pm Mon 16 Jun 08
jed wrote:samuael and very crackers need to wake up - do you not realise every rise in fuel inflates the price of food, house hold fuel, and so on e.t.c - e.t.c it all has a knock on effect! i'm assuning you numpties eat? heat your house? pay goverment tax for lighting- the police forse- the nhs- hospitals - schools- and on and on and on! if you really think it only effects fuel then wake up! oh and when you finally do mess yourself with the shock - be awhere it will affect the price of the toilet paper - the sewage and the engineers who work there - the plumbers who will fix your mess but only temperally (when they find out!) - and very crackers - do you use red diesel? in perhaps a 4x4? ummm the goverment will be dipping in your area soooooon
cheeseandcrackersgotallmuddy wrote: How much fuel did these wan-kers waste on a pointless protest. The petrol stations are already running out of fuel because of strikes and they are wasting gallons of their own and the other poor sods who are caught up in it. The thick bast-ards use red diesel and claim that back through VAT. I bet they don\'t wait for hours at a petrol station waiting to fill up. I hope they get burgled while they are out.Hear Hear. Very well put cheeseandcrackersgot allmuddy
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i know best, dorset says...
6:48pm Mon 16 Jun 08
cheryl wrote:Well said cheryl i think these people are just sad individuals that are bitter with life good job there are level headed people such as our selves that still think straight.
jed wrote:samuael and very crackers need to wake up - do you not realise every rise in fuel inflates the price of food, house hold fuel, and so on e.t.c - e.t.c it all has a knock on effect! i'm assuning you numpties eat? heat your house? pay goverment tax for lighting- the police forse- the nhs- hospitals - schools- and on and on and on! if you really think it only effects fuel then wake up! oh and when you finally do mess yourself with the shock - be awhere it will affect the price of the toilet paper - the sewage and the engineers who work there - the plumbers who will fix your mess but only temperally (when they find out!) - and very crackers - do you use red diesel? in perhaps a 4x4? ummm the goverment will be dipping in your area soooooon
cheeseandcrackersgotallmuddy wrote: How much fuel did these wan-kers waste on a pointless protest. The petrol stations are already running out of fuel because of strikes and they are wasting gallons of their own and the other poor sods who are caught up in it. The thick bast-ards use red diesel and claim that back through VAT. I bet they don\'t wait for hours at a petrol station waiting to fill up. I hope they get burgled while they are out.Hear Hear. Very well put cheeseandcrackersgot allmuddyquotequote!
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