Swampy & Dongas Interview

He became a nationally known figure after spending a week in a complex series of tunnels dug in the path of a new extension to the A30 road in Fairmile, Devon, resisting attempts at eviction by police. Several people took part in the protest, but Swampy was the last one evicted. Swampy was originally from Newbury, Berkshire, the site of the protest over the Newbury bypass in 1996.

Swampy's subsequent fame included an appearance on the BBC comedy current affairs quiz Have I Got News for You, on 18 April 1997, when he briefly became the show's youngest ever panelist. In 1997, he took part in another tunnel protest intended to prevent the building of a second runway at Manchester Airport,[1] and has also been involved with the Trident nuclear submarine protest camp at Faslane, Scotland. In 2006, Swampy was living with his partner and their three children in a yurt, a dome-shaped tent in 'Tipi Valley',a remote New Age commune at Cwmdu near Llandeilo in West Wales. In 2007 the Sunday Mirror newspaper reported that he was taking part in the climate change protests at Heathrow Airport. Swampy's presence on the protesters' site was dependent on his keeping a low profile, so his celebrity status would not detract from the protest.

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[SwiftasaBird]

When I saw this last Thursday it was 300 views now it's 1119 all due to DARD I'm sure.

[swampy3666]

@SwiftasaBird Thinkyour right, Well done girls & guys from DARD ... Hope this vid has helped you all, now get out there and chain yourself to something, Swamps :)

[rory09]

How many people from DARD?

[MattSaull]

Loving the video!

[swampy3666]

@rory09 Well i wish you all the best :)

[swampy3666]

@Seranella Well i wish you all the best :)

[swampy3666]

@MegaBresco Well i wish you all the best :)

[swampy3666]

@MattSaull Thanx :)

[MegaBresco]

Nope, it's a module we study at Uni of Birmingham. We've been asked to study this clip in order to do some discourse analysis.

[Seranella]

@swampy3666 Sorry swampy - University of Birmingham are analysing this video in second year political science DARD module (data analysis and research design) for a question: ‘What motivates involvement in radical political action?’.

[rory09]

@swampy3666 Haha, sorry! - Im at the university of Birmingham studying political science. As part of that I do a module called 'data analysis and research design' (hence DARD). We have to write a data report in which we have to analyse this video, and the deadline is tomorrow. Sorry for the confusion!