Press Releases & Updates 2006

Affinity groups and their friends were out in force in Plymouth, Bristol, the West Midlands, the North West, and Glasgow (where the inter-city trains to Penzance which cover the same route start).

In Plymouth, 3 large banners were hung around the station, and leaflets were given out. The Bristol group also gave out leaflets as people came into the station. In the West Midlands, they travelled on morning commuter trains between Wolverhampton and Stafford giving out leaflets to a captive audience. Further north travellers between Lancaster and Preston were also given leaflets. In Glasgow, leaflets were given to passengers boarding the morning Penzance trains, and leaflets were also put on the tables in the trains.

Those leafleting at stations were all asked to move by British Transport Police. In Plymouth and Bristol the leafleting continued beyond railway property, and at Glasgow, they had just finished anyway! On the trains, there was hardly any hassle from train managers, and again, the leaflets had already been given out by the time they were challenged. There was a sense of how a small number of people can have a big effect, and of being part of a bigger group. Both the Lancashire and Scottish contingent found leaflets already in the trains they were targeting, from further south. Leaflets were readily accepted and read by passengers. Local newspapers have reported the story, at least in Plymouth and the West Midlands.

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