Transaction 2007 group, which claims support from some Road Haulage Association members, Haulage Contractors, Motorists and Farmers, has called for a protest this coming Saturday
The following statement is released on 10th December 2007 at 10:15HrsTransaction2007 have decided to release the date and time of protest action earlier than scheduled. This is to enable the motorist and public to better prepare themselves for the coming action. This will be a nationwide protest extending to Northern and Southern Ireland.
A date of Saturday 15th December 2007 at 10:00am has been decided for protest action. This date was decided by members as the best possible to enable those who would normally be working during the week to attend. This action will be initiated at a refinery or storage depot somewhere near you. Anyone wishing to support action is requested to make your way there at the alotted time. Transaction again wish to emphasise the importance of legal protesting.
Please note: No member from Transaction2007 is available for press or media commenting at this stage.
"TransAction 2007"
Telephone: 07717 075917
They appear to either be very cagey about talking to the media, or are successfully drumming up a teaser campaign.
Contact Chris Hunter (Media & Press Relations) Contact Mike Presniell (Haulage and Farmers Liason)
As we have noted before, there is a whole raft of repressive legislation and technical snooping infrastructures which can be used or abused against even peaceful protestors, which has been introduced by this Labour government since the previous blockades or picket lines at fuel depots in 2000.
Will Gordon Brown retreat to his James Bond villain style secret bunker, the Cabinet Office Briefing Room A - COBRA?, or similar, to be "briefed" on the situation ?
According to The Guardian
Fuel protesters set for weekend of action
Allegra Stratton
Monday December 10, 2007
Guardian UnlimitedThe group behind the fuel refinery blockades that gripped the country in 2000 has announced it will stage fresh protests this Saturday.
In a statement released on its website this morning, Transaction 2007 said the rise of the price of petrol to £1 a litre had caused it to take action.
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