If you were wondering whether the supporters of Save The Newchurch Guinea Pigs were ready to hang up their hats, then think again - they’ve decided to throw their lot in with SPEAK, campaigning against Oxford University.

Now this wouldn’t be a matter for concern if SNGP had been a law-abiding, peaceful campaign; but the thought of body-snatching fanatics, whose tactics included hate mail, malicious phone calls, hoax bombs and arson attacks, finding another cause is disturbing as far as I’m concerned.

Bearing this in mind, you’d think that an organisation claiming to advocate only peaceful protest would have qualms about accepting ‘all their [SNGP’s] resources’ but apparently not.  SPEAK/ SNGP’s announcement shows that they are welcoming this addition with open arms.

This is another indication that SPEAK is not the legal campaign it claims to be.  For previous warning signs see blog entry Arrested SPEAK protestors were not local and the words of SPEAK’s spokesman, Mel Broughton, reported in the Oxford Mail after a demo in January.