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G7 protest site at Truro Lemon Quay overturned by police after strong backlash
Protest groups said they would boycott the site because of its unfair effect on locals, including Truro Farmers Market - who are celebrating the u-turn
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Lemon Quay is no longer being used as a designated protest spot (Image: Simon Lewis / www.westcountryviews.co.uk)
An unpopular decision to use Truro’s Lemon Quay as a designated protest site for the G7 Summit next month has been overturned, Devon and Cornwall Police has said.
The site was, alongside an area in Falmouth and two places in Devon, chosen by the police as the legal and designated spot for people protesting G7 to gather, many miles away from the summit’s venue in Carbis Bay.
MP fears G7 protest zone in Plymouth will be trashed and marred by violence
A letter to police chiefs highlights the decision to approve Plymouth Hoe as a protest site, 76 miles away from where G7 world leaders are meeting
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A Plymouth MP has described the police s decision to marshal G7 protesters on Plymouth Hoe - 76 miles away from where G7 leaders will be meeting next month - as a disaster waiting to happen.
Luke Pollard, Labour MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport said he has written to both the Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer, and newly re-elected Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez to highlight his concerns and to consider relocating the site to Central Park.