I seriously doubt it was a peaceful non-violent placards-only protest.
Remember the farmers whacking sportive riders with sticks here a few months back? “No no m’lud, we were pointing those sticks at the ground!”
According to reddit (I know...), the farmers were attempting to set the bales alight when the police arrived. If that's true it makes the use of force seem a little more reasonable.
Yes indeed. Probably need to wait for the news reports to see what the official line is.
if only it had been a heat wave that would have made setting a bale of hay alight easier they might have succeeded...
where's Hinault when you need him
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I seriously doubt it was a peaceful non-violent placards-only protest.
Remember the farmers whacking sportive riders with sticks here a few months back? “No no m’lud, we were pointing those sticks at the ground!”