Press Releases & Updates 2000

Two tripods were put up at seven o’clock this morning by Peace Campers to successfully block the North gate. At the same time Fungus, Barbara, Mark and Roz had the South gate blocked for four hours in a lock-on across the road.

Eventually the queues of Faslane base traffic went in (very slowly) through a small and little used gate opened between the North gate and the oil depot. Buses had to drop workers off outside the gates to walk in.

Ward from Belgium remained for sixteen hours, while Meadow stayed on his 18 foot high tripod perch for twenty-five and a half hours. It was impossible for police to pull the tripods down without risking harming the suspended activists. Earlier the police put big screens around the tripods at the North gate and the lock-on at the South gate to try and prevent them being seen from the road. A third tripoder came down and gave police the slip. The tripoders were denied food and water, and there was an exclusion zone around the tripods.

Meanwhile this morning at Aldermaston 986 police were at Aldermaston prepared for a blockade or whatever. What they got was 15 TPers packing up their muddy camp. Well guys right day, right action.....just several hundred miles out!

Teapot (just back from his stay in a Czech republic jail) was arrested for obstructing the police; Kreb for throwing a water bottle up to the people on top of the tripods; and Una for leaving the roadway when asked to by a police officer!

Meanwhile at the District Court at Helensburgh, Ian Thomson was jailed for 7 days for an unpaid fine. He should be out on Thursday.

We are preparing for Tommy Sheridan MSP in court at Helensburgh tomorrow, while the Lord Advocarte’s Reference resumes at the High court in Edinburgh the same day...

Correction

Trident Ploughshares would like to apologise for saying that there were 986 police officers on duty at Aldermaston on Nov 13th. There were in fact only 140; 40 from Thames Valley Police, and around 100 from the Ministry of Defence Police. We would like to thank Sgt Barrett of the Thames Valley Police Operational Support Unit for checking our website for any inaccuracies. (We note he doesn’t find anything wrong with our legal arguments about Trident...)

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