Swampy back under ground as bailiffs brought in against new HS2 protest
The Guardian|October 11, 2021
A group of environmental activists are facing eviction after barricading themselves inside an underground tunnel to protest against the HS2 rail project.
Diane Taylor
Swampy back under ground as bailiffs brought in against new HS2 protest

The protesters, who include Dan Hooper, the activist also known as Swampy, are involved in a new tunnel protest in Buckinghamshire. Bailiffs began trying to remove the protesters yesterday morning, but before the occupation Hooper told the Guardian the tunnel at the Wendover camp had been robustly constructed over a long period of time.

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