tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79367181454779028.post1544759625628517275..comments2023-10-18T13:49:04.792+01:00Comments on Virtual Lancaster News Blog: Protests over Barclay's ownership of fracking companyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111099866285188994noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79367181454779028.post-24062865234681085182016-10-23T18:35:45.012+01:002016-10-23T18:35:45.012+01:00Anyone who wants to join us in a follow on protest...Anyone who wants to join us in a follow on protest Saturday 29th 12.00 onwards. Contact gaynz1@icloud.com or just turn up, we will be pleased to see you.Gaynornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79367181454779028.post-1557377928030347242016-10-23T03:44:49.013+01:002016-10-23T03:44:49.013+01:00I can't help but notice that lately more and m...I can't help but notice that lately more and more newspapers are taking an interest in the protest. For five years we've been fighting this highly toxic and dangerously unsupervised industry. The powers that be continue to keep the true dangers of fracking quiet while removing and replacing legislation to smooth its way on the sly frequently using the practice of late Friday afternoon sittings to sneak amendments through. The tide seems to finally be turning though. While The Guardian has been the only mainstream paper to openly address all the issues of the fracking threat, political, financial and ecological, more online news sources have been joining the call to closely examine or ban this insane goldrush that is the biggest threat to life in the UK since the leaks at the Sellafield nuclear power station in the 70's. (And it's a race for fool's gold as the geo surveys simply aren't being borne out where test drilling has been attempted). One could argue that the multiple toxins (some of which the government have even allowed the industry to keep secret) pose a greater threat as they include radioactive waste too. We are used to a lethargic response to offenses by the powerful but the way the public have rapidly risen to oppose this one is heartening and encouraging. We are the ones who will suffer first in the middle of the country where the shale stretches in a broad band from the east coast to the west and, when it became clear that our recourse to law had been severely curtailed, we made it clear that we would move heaven and earth to peacefully oppose and defeat it. We seem to have reached a kind of tipping point but given recent events, we are only stepping up action across the country. Soon the other 'red top' newspapers and even the broadsheets will have to acknowledge the cry that is going up right across the UK against this vile business.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10361785182403358039noreply@blogger.com