‘Swampy’ is branded ‘reckless and irresponsible,’ for allowing his son, 16, to stay with him in makeshift tunnels underneath Euston Square Gardens High Speed 2 protesters have constructed tunnels under Euston Square Gardens Veteran eco-warrior Dan ‘Swampy’ Hooper, is one of five people below ground Swampy has been branded ‘reckless’ for bringing his son Rory, … Read more
Bailiffs abseiling from a crane removed veteran eco-warrior ‘Swampy’ from a bamboo tower today built to delay construction on HS2. Protesters erected the tower holding British activist Dan Hooper, 47, in a London river to block a bridge for a road through a forest for the multi-billion pound train project. Two black-clad officials suspended from … Read more
Veteran eco-warrior ‘Swampy’ has again returned to campaigning – to sit in a 30 foot tall bamboo tower in the middle of a river to protest against the HS2 rail line. The activist, 47, re-emerged in October this year following a ‘quiet ten years’ out of the limelight. Now Swampy – real name Daniel Hooper … Read more
Eco-warrior Swampy has denied an aggravated trespass charge over a treetop protest against the HS2 rail line. Swampy, real name Daniel Hooper, is accused of climbing trees and staying in Jones’ Hill Wood in Wendover, near Aylesbury, Bucks, with other protestors for four days. The 47-year-old was pictured camped 30ft up a tree last month … Read more
Police move in to arrest veteran eco-warrior ‘Swampy’ at HS2 protest as they demolish treehouse camp after he rejoined green movement with his 16-year-old son EXCLUSIVE Police clamped down on the protest against HS2 rail line in Buckinghamshire Activist, real name Daniel Hooper, has teamed up with an HS2 rebellion group They are trying to … Read more
Rory, the 16-year-old son of veteran eco warrior ‘Swampy’ joins his father a sit-in protest against the HS2 rail line as the activist is out of retirement after a ‘quiet ten years’. The activist whose real name is Daniel Hooper has joined an HS2 rebellion group which has been holding out against eviction from woodland … Read more