Pretty well as we forecast....................
BBC News reported on 3rd September 2013, 16.54 GMT that 'Oil Exploration on hold after fracking protest'
Pretty much as we predicted, after a policing cost ( in total ) of £3.7 million, scores of abstentions by local police ( the picture lower down the page is of police from the 'Met' ), weeks of disruption for the village and no doubt a less than profitable exercise for those nice people at Cuadrilla.....................
'...........exploration will cease in a village at the centre of an anti-fracking campaign by the end of September after plans to extend the current work were withdrawn'.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-23944344
So, it's back to the drawing board lads. Perhaps a little bit of careful thought on the part of UK Prime Minister 'Dave Cameron' and his pals in the 'dirty' industry might have (easily ) forseen this mess.
And this is just the first real example of what happens when Middle England finally gets excited.
Well done to all those who inconvenienced themselves ( residents, mums with kids,MPs, celebrities and yes, even the so called 'activists' who care more for the environment than money). Government can try to force this sort of thing on communities, it can waste millions on irrelevant policing, tell local authorities to 'ignore protest' but in the final analysis........
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