12:00 EDT, 8 February 2021
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A Tory backbencher has led calls for the immediate removal of the dangerous anti-HS2 campsite in Euston, including wooden shacks which cover a 100ft tunnel network - after bailiffs first started evicting eco-warriors protesting the controversial £98billion rail project 13 days ago.
Six HS2 Rebellion activists including veteran environmental campaigner Swampy, real name Daniel Hooper, and his son Rory are occupying the tunnels dug in secret near Euston Station in Central London.
MailOnline understands that the wooden shacks cover an entrance to the tunnel network and that they will be torn down by contractors at an appropriate point in HS2 s safety-led approach . The National Eviction Team, which is leading the operation, declined to comment.
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Veteran activist Swampy said: “The only explanation I can think of is that they are pumping water the other way to try and get people to come out, to try and flood the tunnel out.
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HS2 Rebellion, a group campaigning against the construction of the new high speed train line, have at least four people underground, and say that they have been deprived of sleep by “constant and unnecessary loud noise” in close proximity to their tunnels.
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