Farmers use tractors to BLOCK roads to Britain’s largest shipping port in major new protest
A group of farmers used tractors to block the roads into Britain’s largest shipping port in the early hours of Friday, as part of a major new protests.
Police were at the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk as farmers arrived at around midnight. The farmers are said to have began the night by blocking two gates at the port, but moved to just one at around 4.00am due to safety reasons.
S”Since I could walk, my passion and purpose is farming. Don’t take our livelihoods! Save British farms,” one protestor’s sign read.
Another said: “Save our farms, save our future, fight the tax”, while a third read: “Back British farming”.
By 7.00am, the farmers had left and the obstructions were cleared, with the port saying in a statement there had been “some minor inconvenience to landside operations”.
A port spokesman said: “We were made aware of the proposed protest and worked with port users to mitigate its impact.
“The protest caused no disruption to shipping operations but some minor inconvenience to landside operations.
A group of farmers used tractors to block the roads into Britain’s largest shipping port in the early hours of Friday, as part of a major new protests
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“We would like to apologise to any of our customers who were affected.”
Suffolk Police said it liaised with organisers and other agencies to facilitate a peaceful and safe protest.
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