Protesters going too fracking far..

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The rent-a-mob currently installed in Balcombe have just invaded land bordering the entrance to a large livery yard, completely blocking all access and leaving owners unable to reach the thirty or so horses on site. The police are next to useless and saying that it will take up to five days to move them, during which the horses are presumably meant to fend for themselves, and god forbid that any of them should need a vet in a hurry.

I have reserved opinion about the fracking malarkey up until now, but having viewed first hand the goings on in what is usually a fairly peaceful rural community, it is clear that only a tiny percentage of the 'protesters' have the remotest concern for the environment. The majority are a bunch of do-as-you-likeys out to do as much damage as possible.
 
It is only possible on foot by leaving their car on a busy main road as there is no layby or verge, and walking for half a mile across fields, hedges, and the odd ditch. The yard is at the end of a very long drive, and the rent-a-mob have set up camp right at the beginning of it.
 
B****r, I'm not keen on this cracking - with an f, iPad won't let me type it - malarkey, but that's rubbish that you've got the professional protesters out. Can you talk to them and explain?
 
It all kicked off this evening, so everyone is waiting for the dust to settle a bit before deciding what to do.

Hopefully the police's estimate might be wide of the mark, as the farmer has already started moving the heavy machinery in, and the local gamekeepers are planning a little lamping expedition tonight!

But apart from that, they are well aware of the situation from an animal welfare point of view, and they don't care.
 
Worth a little call to the local rag...or national press? Won't look good for their cause if they are seen to be potentially causing welfare issues to animals. Or a law-suit if an owner breaks a leg trying to go over a ditch the back route...
 
how do the police force have no powers here????? they should just be able to go in and remove each and every one of the protestors!!!! with all the laws on animal welfare someone must be able to come up with somthing on why this silly people can be removed from the entrance of the livery site asap..........
 
Seriously what is it with protestors ?! Most of them do not live in or around Balcombe they are total outsiders so what gives them the right to protest and inconvenience the local people's lives further !
 
MileyMouse said:
Seriously what is it with protestors ?! Most of them do not live in or around Balcombe they are total outsiders so what gives them the right to protest and inconvenience the local people's lives further !
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Hopefully if Balacombe locals are happy to have fracking in the village and resent the protest, they'll be able to make their feelings known so Cuadrilla can frack on quickly.
Might make local housing more affordable for first time buyers too.
 
These types of protesters undermine the cause's they are supposed to be fighting for.
Can you not 'accidentally' drive a herd of cattle or horses through their camp?
 
I hate protestors. They never make a difference, they only make misery in the meantime. Empty a load of slurry over them!
 
I have always had GSD's, all taught to "speak" on command, if my horses were on that yard, I would be taking my dogs with me and giving the speak command, or I would provoke a reaction and have them arrested for assault
 
Hope things have settled this morning and if not lets hope the farmers and gamekeepers can do the job the police are not allowed to do.
 
Which is the lesser of two evils, a bunch of protesters or all the heavy traffic and disruption to you that you'll get if they start fracking by your stables. I'd be joining in.
 
Hope the gamekeepers had a good time and were successful! If they're city types, they'll soon realise that country people don't give a shi te when it comes to driving into people!!
 
Stencilface said:
Hope the gamekeepers had a good time and were successful! If they're city types, they'll soon realise that country people don't give a shi te when it comes to driving into people!!
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I am a country person and I certainly wouldn't drive into anyone - don't lump us all into your lawless yokel stereotype.

If you are happy with fracking, fair enough. If you don't want your countryside spoilt, then you need to protest.
 
fburton said:
Are you female? What did you think of the Suffragettes?
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That is a ridiculous comparison. And while I agree with the demands of the Suffragettes, the way they went about doing things was often very wrong. If you want to starve yourself to make a point, that is your choice but burning down public buildings was not the way forward then, nor is it now. The vast majority of ladies who supported the Suffragette movement protested peacefully, attended meetings etc. and probably gave their husbands a lot of earache about the subject. Only a few took it much further and I don't for one second disagree that they were treated very harshly, although they were of course punished by the Law as it was at the time.

Unfortunately, the nay-sayers invariably get overtaken by the professional rent-a-mob lot who just come along to make a nuisance of themselves and have a go at society in general. They get their jollies by wasting even more tax-payers money than they do on a day to day basis when they just are signing on. Its no different from the moderate Muslims who stand up and say I don't like this, and then their cause is completely swamped by the fanatics who think its ok to blow people up.

I would suggest the local farmers get busy with their hedge flailers and the muck spreaders in the meantime, because the police will never pull their finger out in a month of Sundays.
 
Farmers/landowners should not resort to any measures that result in them being sued for injury. Flail trimmers can cause serious injury if you are too close, slurry obviously carries bacteria. Best bet is a tanker of water emptied out in the vicinity of the camp, nothing like a bit of flooding to move people.
 
Gloi said:
Which is the lesser of two evils, a bunch of protesters or all the heavy traffic and disruption to you that you'll get if they start fracking by your stables. I'd be joining in.
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Ha, yes. "Woohoo, there are no longer protesters blocking access to the yard (who might move to let us in and out if we explained the situation to them)... but now our nice quiet roads are full of giant lorries and it's unsafe to ride on them due to the heavy traffic".

I agree with Gloi. If they were planning fracking near my yard, I too would be joining the protest.
 
I'm a tad confused. Are you happy for fracking in your village and that is why you object to the protestors ?

Anyone remember the Greenham Common Womens peace camp? Or Gandhi's Salt March ? The Berlin Wall protests, Martin Luther KIng's March on Washington, Tiananmen Square ? The Stonewall Riots ? The French Revolution...the list is endless.

Protests have resulted in some of the greatest social change in history. So I'm guessing by the disapproval of protest, Fracking in your villages must be welcome.
 
Regardless of whether the OP is in support of fracking or against it, that has no standing on their view of the people blocking access.
Are you seriously trying to say that if the OP does their 'rightful duty' of protesting fracking, that they should just sit down and say 'this is fine, by all means, block access to maintain the animals wellfare'? Seriously, because if you are what a ridiculously stupid thing to say. The OP can be in the position of disagreeing with fracking, while still disagreeing with having protesters rent a mob camped out blocking access! It's not simple black and white.
 
Quadrilla have said they are very unlikely to commence fracking there. While no one wants something lkie this near their properties, it was interesting to hear one villager/protector state that we need to stop using our cars etc. Wonder if she'd be one of the first to give hers up ? None of us are prepared to forgo our cars,lighting or heating, when it comes to new power stations, so it all has to come from somewhere. Wonder how many of the professional protestors are claiming benefits for being out of work.
 
jenniaddams said:
Regardless of whether the OP is in support of fracking or against it, that has no standing on their view of the people blocking access.
Are you seriously trying to say that if the OP does their 'rightful duty' of protesting fracking, that they should just sit down and say 'this is fine, by all means, block access to maintain the animals wellfare'? Seriously, because if you are what a ridiculously stupid thing to say. The OP can be in the position of disagreeing with fracking, while still disagreeing with having protesters rent a mob camped out blocking access! It's not simple black and white.
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Maybe just ask them to leave access open to the yard ?
 
It's only Researech and Development at this stage.

Can't see what the fuss is about/

Oh dear, it's exploration in SURREY.

How many of the population of that county work in the City and exploit natural resources around the globe for vast profit.

Take the Canadian Oil Sands in the Pan Artic Islands as a prime example where wildlife and the Tundra are devastated.

No F_acking In My Back Yard!

Seems to be this word FRACKING has all the potential for many double entendres.
 
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Well I can tell you that they're exploring the possibility in my neck of the woods too - which is most certainly Not Surrey. And the feelings are just as strong.
 
lastchancer said:
These types of protesters undermine the cause's they are supposed to be fighting for.
Can you not 'accidentally' drive a herd of cattle or horses through their camp?
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- brilliant!!!!

I agree with this also, bunch of hypocrites! They probably sabotage the local hunts too, getting dog run over and injuring horses in the name of animal welfare!
 
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