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Calls for XR hypocrites who blockaded printworks to be slapped with £10,000 fines

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There are calls today for the Extinction Rebellion protesters that blockaded the newspaper printworks to be slapped with £10,000 fines for holding an ‘illegal gathering’. More than 100 protesters targeted Newsprinters printing works at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Knowsley, near Liverpool, on Friday night, blocking newspapers from leaving the depots. And now, Toby Young, General Secretary … Read more

Corruption trial of former French PM and his British wife is postponed after lawyers BLOCKADED

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The £1million corruption trial of a former Prime Minister of France and his British wife was postponed today after lawyers blockaded the tribunal building as part of the country’s pensions protests. Francois and Penelope Fillon, a mother-of-five who was born in Wales, were due in the dock on Monday. But – in an embarrassing setback … Read more