Swampys

Swampy’s son, 16, is carried out of anti-HS2 protest tunnels on a stretcher

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Swampy’s 16-year-old son Rory Hooper has left him in tunnels below Euston where they were protesting against the HS2 project, declaring ‘I am looking forward to seeing mum’.  Rory had spent 22 days living underground in a move that had been criticised as bad parenting by some quarters. When he came out of the tunnel … Read more

Bailiffs find second secret tunnel beneath Islington tree encampment – after help from Swampy’s crew

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Another secret protest tunnel underneath London has been found by stunned bailiffs trying to clear away campaigners railing against plans to fell trees for flats. Islington Council enforcement officers were gobsmacked to discover the burrow beneath Dixon Clark Court on Highbury Corner, Islington. It was said to have been masterminded by veteran activist Swampy and the … Read more