Friday, 27 April 2012

PRESS RELEASE: Nikki slams Council reaction to protest camp




Nikki Sinclaire MEP says Councils reaction to Protest Camp is Innappropriate and Unreasonable


West Midlands Independent MEP, Nikki Sinclaire has hit out at Solihull Councils insistence that the protesters in Meriden should dismantle their protest camp almost one year than the perpetrators of the unlawful occupation of green belt land have to vacate.


Ms Sinclaire said "This is double standards by Solihull Council and a slap in the face to ordinary, law abiding local residents - the councils handling of this protest against inappropriate development on green belt in itself inappropriate and unreasonable."


Ms Sinclaire who sits on the EU's Human Rights Committee has long been a critic of the European Human Rights laws that create situations like this and she has repeatedly called for "equal rights not special rights."


Nikki has promised to stand shoulder to shoulder with the local residents on this matter commenting. "it is in our national heritage to be able to peaceably protest - and that's what I will stand up for"