HS2: Protester living in tree"willing to be arrested"
The camp at Crackley Woods, near Kenilworth, Warwickshire, consists of a roundhouse built from hay bales and covered in tarpaulin, a field kitchen, about 20 small tents and a handful of camper-vans. The landowner gave the protesters permission to set up here before lockdown, and they have continued to do so over the past six weeks.
It is possible to walk along a public bridleway which brings you through the woods to the edge of the camp, and to the fences which have been erected by HS2 contractors to keep the protesters out. On one side are mobile CCTV camera units called Armadillos, as well as HS2 staff wearing PPE who are patrolling the boundary to check for incursions.On the other side, the protesters have built tree-houses and a gantry so they can see what's happening over the fence.
He has been at the camp for several weeks and says he feels it is important to continue the fight as the country remains on lockdown.
Leave them. Don’t give publicity.
Gone from bat creating virus to batshit crazy. At least he’s self isolating. We should send David Attenborough with is camera as I suspect t that come dark, there nocturnal instinct is to gather in their colony😂
Wow, that protest is really having a big impact. Not
Practice social distancing, don’t climb the tree to get to them, simply shoot them from the ground...
They've been looking for a new home since the Newbury bypass was built 😁
Good for them. The government consistently invests in infrastructure that solely benefits the capital (London). It’s about time they focus money and attention on the rail network in the North of England, which desperately needs it.
.....and all those workers are respecting the 2m distancing rule..........not.
Good leave them up there for good.
Think this guys done more than his fare share Of course the cult will scream and rant No how dare you critcised our beloved leader
Ok
Well at least he will get covered in bird shit!Avian influenza could make a reappearance? Cut the idiot down!
Leave them up there
Current pandemic and video conferencing has proved we don’t need this. Money better spent on other projects, NHS. When we go back to work and start paying off the loans with higher prices for products who is going to afford the tickets.
Hundreds of illegal immigrants crossing the channel daily. Yet your reporting on a few jobless morons, stinking up trees. Sounds right.
Leave them, selfish sods
Electric cars on the way, What about Aircraft? are they just waiting to get back up there?
Meanwhile their oh so ethical chums deforest away to their hearts content in the name of biofuels. Not a single peep out of them.
Dick
Some would say they’re barking up the wrong tree, I would say you just leaf them alone though
Determined to say the least.
As much as I admire there passion for the cause and perseverance it's over, it's happening. The railway is being built now and nothing can stop it.
Oh well he won’t get the coronavirus up there but might get beaten up by ninja squirrels wanting their tree back!
I’m guessing there’s always one positive.
This is not news just shows a prick in a tree
Time to leave
Good luck 😉
Should be scrapped and the money invested in the NHS
There will be no need for HS2 if the anti social distance bollocks stays with us.
That’ll make the Gov re think 🙄😂
Very silly.
Leave them there and hose them down once a day... 😉 shitforbrains
return of swampy
It figures that they’re so dumb they don’t realise they don’t need to live in trees in the UK. FFS don’t show them an iPhone they’ll think it’s from outer space
Who cares
Where are these guys when you need them 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
Should put the rope just under his ears
Use these billions of pounds CONSTRUCTIVELY on the NHS, not DESTRUCTIVELY on a railway we don't want or need. Save more of our dwindling green spaces.
Where’s Swampy?
Daily exercise?
Oh the little monkeys 😂
They'll protest the trains..... then they'll protest the roads that will be needed as an alternative.......
Just cut the tree down he will land on floor his mates will take him to A&E job done waster.
Arrrhh Posh kids - they think the rules don’t apply to them.
...wow...what's happened to bbc readers?...what's happened to the UK?..
So with people being encouraged to work from home and stagger journeys etc as the new normal...then why do we need HS2 ?
If he falls out of the tree and kills himself Covid 19 death numbers will increase by one. So please don’t fall otherwise we will never get back to work.
'...and then they cut down a load of ancient woodland so people could get to Birmingham half an hour quicker,' might be a source of shame in the future.
Best place for him ✅✅
What is the point of the story?
If the government put more thought into the HS2 it could be a shining example of our green credentials.
I thought they wanted us to make greater use of public transport.
This is why the UK government has allowed construction to continue.
Poor tree 🌳!!! It has to put up with his droppings all over it 🥺
They probably didn't have a job prior to the outbreak.
Do they normally live there? If they love it there so much maybe settle there and grow old there?
Get a pair of shears to that rope .
To all the PROTESTERS 👍👍👍
My next move when this lockdown is extended
It's better to take down trees rather than houses !!
Now watch them shit them selfs 😂😂😂😂😂
Not just because of environmental reasons but now also for monetary reasons. UK is entering into deep financial crisis & HS2 should at least be postponed, if not scrapped.
Morons
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