Heathrow Eco-loonie Camp
The CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) flags fluttering in the breeze signalled the arrival of the unwashed and matted-hair brigade gathering for their latest climate change camp on the outskirts of Heathrow.
Yesterday, fifty of its filthy occupants decided to march towards the airport, banging their drums like primitives and protesting loudly about the supposed current and future environmental impact of air travel.
Okay, so I generally do not agree with the neo-hippies’ claims of impending doom and disaster. However, what really vexed me about this particular protest was not the sight of a group of left-wing nutters masquerading as a friendly bunch of tree-huggers, but the fact that three hundred police officers were posted to supervise their protest and squalid anti-capitalist camp.
This seems to me to be overly excessive, especially at a time when most people in Britain will probably never see that many police in their entire life. I bet the grieving families of poor Garry Newlove and Evren Anil, who I mentioned yesterday, are wishing that at least one of those officers had been patrolling nearby when they were most needed.
