Environmental direct action in the United Kingdom After the eviction of Claremont road in 1994 protesters from the Flowerpot and Dongas tribes joined the protest at Stanworth valley to build an "Ewok village" of the tree houses. There were many subsequent road protests including Newbury bypass, the A30, Swampy became well known during the eviction at the A30 camp, although there were many other smaller road protest camps. Some camps did actually result in roads being cancelled, the first such cancellation occurring in London. The government slashed the roads programme 3 times, each by a third, in response to direct action techniques and associated public opinion. The
Daniel Webb (British Army officer) later wrote that Webb was "the only Englishman [I] ever knew who was a coward." In James Fenimore Cooper's novel "The Last of the Mohicans", Webb is portrayed as a minor character most noteworthy for declining to send adequate support to Fort William Henry. In the 1992 film he is portrayed by Mac Andrews. He obtained the rank of major-general in 1759 and lieutenant-general in 1761. He died in 1773. Daniel Webb (British Army officer) Lieutenant General Daniel Webb (died 11 November 1773) was a British Army general made famous for his actions during the French and Indian War. He