Another £6m blown on CO2 hysteria

Kent cops eco protest bill will cost us £3 million

Around half the estimated £6m spent policing the Climate Camp protest at Kingsnorth Power Station is to be paid by the Government.

The Home Office has confirmed it is willing to contribute £3.2m to the bill which will most likely rise as other costs are factored in.

A Home Office spokesman said: "We have offered Kent Police £3.2m and Kent Police have asked for more. We are considering that request."

About 1,400 officers policed the event and 1,000 activists attended the camp, according to police estimates at the time.
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Kingsnorth Climate Action Medway spokesman Andy Rogers added: "I attended the camp and I feel that the underhanded and incredibly intimidating use of political policing at the camp was an out and out infringement of my human rights, including my freedom of speech and the right under law to attend a peaceful protest.

“Surely six million pounds of what is essentially tax payers’ money would have been better spent introducing a moratorium on coal fired power stations.”