Protest involving nine people outside Cuadrilla’s fracking site at Preston New Road, near Blackpool, 1 October 2018. Photo: Katrina Lawrie
A group of anti-fracking campaigners blocked the entrance of Cuadrilla’s shale gas site near Blackpool early this morning.
The protest involved seven people locked together on the ground and two people on tripods.
They said they were taking part in solidarity with three men who were jailed last week for a 99-hour protest near the site in July 2017.
9-person protest outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site near Blackpool, 1 October 2018. Photo: Debs Whiteside
9-person protest outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site near Blackpool, 1 October 2018. Photo: Debs Whiteside
Lock-on protest outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site near Blackpool, 1 October 2018. Used with the owner’s consent
A group of anti-fracking campaigners travelling to a rally at the Conservative Party conference passed the protest and shouted support.
9-person protest outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site near Blackpool, 1 October 2018. Photo: Ros Wills
9-person protest outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site near Blackpool, 1 October 2018. Photo: Ros Wills
9-person protest outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site near Blackpool, 1 October 2018. Photo: Ros Wills
9-person protest outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site near Blackpool, 1 October 2018. Photo: Ros Wills
9-person protest outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site near Blackpool, 1 October 2018. Photo: Ros Wills
9-person protest outside Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road shale gas site near Blackpool, 1 October 2018. Photo: Ros Wills
Lancashire Police said on its Facebook page it had set up a contraflow on Preston New Road. The force said:
“This will cause some traffic disruption so please avoid the area where you can and expect some delays if you are travelling through. We will re-open the road as soon as it is safe to do so. Local businesses are open as usual.”
At 7pm today, police began dismantling the tripod but the occupant locked himself to the tubing.
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DRILL OR DROP? 
If you want to see pain and distress Sherwulfe, take a look at that exhibition yesterday in B’ham.
It is quite easy to identify those who have a problem. More and more of the two thirds are seeing the true face of the anti, and they are not impressed. Often thus, as a group realises they are losing they often show desperation and use desperation tactics. The brighter groups are a bit more careful about their public image.
Perhaps this is the Birmingham event to which you refer:
‘MPs speaking at their party conference in Birmingham voiced concerns from backbenchers and councillors who think they will lose their seats if the government pushes ahead with its plans to expand the highly controversial form of mining.’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/fracking-conservative-mp-lose-election-drilling-lee-rowley-james-heappey-a8567101.html
Clearly great pain and distress to the blues?
‘The brighter groups are a bit more careful about their public image’ – ahh yes, like Ms Perry …..
Still no apology from that quarter, I hear….