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Originally Posted by Russ D
I remember a poll in the Mirror at the time which showed that most people were in support of the protests before and as it started, but once they saw how inconveniencing the whole thing was, they started to turn on the protestors, especially that guy who started it all, can't remember his name right now.
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Brynle Williams, now Conservative Assembly Member somewhere in North Wales.
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Originally Posted by Russ D
And how is that going to make a difference? How will that do anything other than build up resentment against the people running the blockades? I remember back in 2000 queueing up for petrol, cursing the people responsible for the delays who, by their own admission, started off the fuel protests to speak out against the cost of petrol for lorries and transport firms, NOT the average person in the street who needed the stuff for their cars.
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Yep, I remember that well. They backed down after some hospitals explained that they were going to have to start refusing admissions. Public support turned very dramtically against them, because the government had said 'we will review this and announce measures at the budget in two months', yet the protesters refused to stand the protest down initially. At one point, one of them was even quoted as saying that 'if a couple of people end up dying it will be worth it to get the point across'.
As public support begin to ebb away, they agreed to stand down until the budget and review it then....and that's the last we ever heard of them til now.