Two-day protest sets off anticlockwise
20th May 1999, Page 6
20th May 1999
Page 6
Page 6, 20th May 1999
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• Trucks from across the country converged on Clacket Lane and South Mimms services on the M25 on Tuesday to start a two-day protest about fuel and vehicle excise duty rates.
As CM went to press trucks were pouring into both sites—the only thing that was holding up the start of the demonstration was an Irish truck containing a family of illegal immigrants, which had been surrounded by police.
Motoring organisations were predicting chaos as the two groups set off in an anticlockwise direction.