NATIONAL GRID ENDANGER LIFE OF PROTESTOR

National Grid blatantly abused health and safety regulations yet again today when a peaceful protester d-clamped himself to a crane at their construction site at Alltwen in the Swansea valley. Despite calls from onlookers that he was clamped by his neck, national grid / nacap staff started up the crane and proceeded to move it with the protester attached who was approx 45 feet up in the air...................

Video CLAMPED PROTESTOR - video/x-ms-wmv 4.3M

RESISTANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!1

WOODS DESTROYED

ONCE GREEN AND PLEASANT

FOOTPATHS BLOCKED

RUST FREE AND SAFE.................NOT

CLEAN WELDS........HAH!!

DESTRUCTION

HEALTH AND SAFETY..... 44MTRS FROM HOMES

The HSE have been advised of this matter, but no comment is as yet forthcoming.

This is the second time in the last 9 days that construction staff have endangered the lives of protesters.

The police took no action against either the protesters or national grid / nacap.

Construction staff also threw verbal abuse at the protesters and smashed an expensive digital camera owned by one of the protesting observers.

However footage of the demonstration is attached to this release ......

SafeHaven network are calling for the dismissal of the construction staff involved and their managers.

They are also calling for compensation for the destruction of the private property of one of the protesters.

Basic human rights are being abused by national grid and their contractors. this pipeline is controversial and dangerous. how far do protesters have to go until the welsh assembly calls in this insane project?

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17.01.2007 00:40

Lesson 1#
Never rely on the police or other authorities to resolve a conflict between those who are trying to change the world for the better and those who are trying to fuck it all up for everyone else.
Bloody well done and good luck!
Stay safe.

hope he's ok

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17.05.2007 19:16

Please don't comment on a weld when you don't anything about this welding process, am a national grid welding inspector and from what i can see that weld is visually exceptable to national grid specification! and what the hell is a protester doing attaching himself to a crane are you stupid?

bob

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17.05.2007 19:27

With all due respect, to you all but why are you commenting on stuff you know nothing about? ok Am a welding inspector bgas qualified and there is nothing wrong with the picture of the weld shown, that is with the acceptable limits of british gas spec! And what the fuck are you doing tie-in your self by the neck round a crane are you stupid? The gas pipeline isn't dangerous its the people who are trying to stop it who are the danger!!!!

bob

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