The farmer should go about his business as usual and send in a few muck spreaders...maybe then the trespassers will get the message and leave.

Viv, london, england

Putting the carbon issue asside, something I do believe we need more investment on cleaner technologies.

Did the protesters ask the land owners permission before setting up camp? If they are not welcome on the land, surely the police should arrest them?

Chris, spalding,

Whilst I sympathise with the need to make a point about the effects of Aviation upon climate change, I have no sympathy with protest organisers who are "squatting" on someone else's land.

"Camp organisers have now agreed to allow four officers to remain on the site." - well, on what grounds exactly could they refuse? They are illegally occupying someone else's land!

Environmentalists that use anarchist tactics like this are not doing themselves any favours. Far better if they'd found someone who owned a field who is sympathetic to the cause.

John Robinson, Thetford, UK

I think it's rather nice of the camp to allow 4 police officers to attend now and then. I suppose under the Soft Fruit and Low Flying Act of 1628 they need only allow 3 officers and one ultra supreme bailiff general of marquetry.... either that or I suppose the police are scared to death of doing their job for the risk of upsetting someone (ANYONE REALLY). People MUST be able to protest. I don't agree with everything that gets passed as a law or a plan to build or route of a highway but it appears to me now that you can do what you want and disregard the law and anyone elses rights in the name of Global Warming....whatever that is.
By the way I have decided that should I ever commit an offence I will allow 1 police officer (male) and 1 police officer (trans gendered) to interview me on the first Wednesday of the month (if it contains an R) before 10am... anything else would be totally unacceptable, and I would sue for damages, distress and mental cruelty

dogberry, murcia, spain

Why are these people not at work,if they are the uninployable ,stop their dole monies. A camp site needs to come up to standards ,this one dose not.Get them off now!

tom, london, london

Well done campaigners! So many people sit on their backsides and do nothing, it is so good to see concerned members of the public taking action. I would like to know where S. Moore expects the campaigners to camp?

R. Philpot, Northampton, Northants

The farmer should simply take his slurry truck and start spreading the fields as he would normally do at this time. If the protesters are really environmentally friendly they wont mind a bit.

Joseph Kellie, Edinburgh, Scotland

I hope the police don't let up, and continue to check and re-check these people. Terrorists would happily use this protest to cause some real damage and if these protesters are not aware of this then they should not really be protesting at all, due to their ignorance of these matters.

Further, there are far more emissions coming from areas and activities other than flying, why do they have to attack airports? What about those countries that are guilty of far worse than having too many planes? America - a country that still can't decide if we have a problem and busy being the top polluter worldwide. It still hasn't signed the Kyoto protocol, why don't they protest about that? Australia, with it's coal industry?
There are so many other issues and culprits, leave our planes alone.

If you want to be really constructive and help the environment, why not come up with an alternative fuel for planes, which is a far better use of time and energy...

Patrizia, Byfleet, UK

The camp is on a sports ground, formerly the training ground used by Chelsea AFC. I`m not surprised the landowner is unhappy as BAA wish to put a runway alongside it. No doubt BAA is the silent hand behind his or her "upset".
Given BAA attitude to ANY lawful protest one wonders how we in the UK are to lawfully and rightfully protest in future. Suppression of protesters will in the end lead more "extreme" elements to feel they have to break the law, this is good for no-one. It`s a one way ratchet to unnecessary confrontation.
One aspect that did make me smile was that "NOTRAG" was excluded from the BAA injunction. NOTRAG is supported by the London Borough of Hillingdon. BAA must have known this, yet still chose to try to "BAN" the local council and presumably its employees from the area of its Local Governance. That is scary.

Pete, Ryde, Isle of Wight, , UK

The Police must be stopped from using terrorism legislation on non-terrorists. If we can't trust the Police not to abuse their power then that legislation will have to be curtailed. It's like the heckler at the Labour conference -, just because they don't like the people doesn't mean they can use irrelevant laws that give them extreme powers. I'm very disappointed that the media and Parliament have let this go so unchallenged. Trust in the Police is far more important than any of the other issues here.

Nigel Robertson, Melton Mowbray,

what these people fail to understand is that they are firing at toatlly the wrong target. Climate change is happening but as a result of entirely natural variations. The effect of mankind's carbon emissions are a drop in the ocean compared to the natural world and even if we were able to stop them all instantly it would have no impact upon what is going to happen anyway. All the attention on carbon emissions and the multi billions spent on efforts to reduce them simply diverts our attention away from preparing ourselves to cope with climate change. Just as seriously it is stopping poor countries develop and consigning them to continuing poverty. Campaign by all means but don't buy the myth that carbon emissions are the root cause of the problem. There are strong political reasons why western governments want us all to consume less oil. Campaign for world equality and for proper preparations to be made.

David N House, Wisbech, UK

Can't quite understand why the police don't just move in and throw these people off the site. The owner doesn't want them there. They are trespassing.
I suppose it's a consequence of all the other trespasses which have taken place over the years by "travellers" (or whatever fancy name they chose to use) where the police are too afraid to act.
If protesters go to Parliament the police are there to stop them, with violence if necessary, but when it's out in the country the police seem impotent.
About as much use as a chocolate teacup !!

john, aylesbury,

Whats the matter with the police in this country. If the landowner doesnt want want them there then surely they should go in and either remove them forcibly or arrest them all for trespass. I pity the landowner who will have to clear up the mess and reinstate the land back to a useable state.

Phil Hunt, Hull, East Yorks

"Gary Dwyer, 34, a protester from Headingley, Leeds, said: “This is a forum of different individuals who want to take action against the root cause of the climate change"."

Get real, Gary! Planes are *not* the root cause of climate change. Farming, shipping, population growth are far, far greater polution generators, but I don't see any camps being set up on farmer Giles' land seeking the culling of his cows, or camps around the word handing out contraceptives. And I'm sure all these people reached the camp on foot, bike or horse and cart.

When will people understand that planes contribute in just a miniscule way towards climate change? I guess, because airlines and airports are big business, automatically they are bad, whereas smaller targets are less identifiable, have less media coverage, despite the fact that they are far, far worse for the world.

Nick Simmons, Ottawa, Canada

I'm sick of all these environmental junkies. In the 70's & 80's it was 'ban the bomb' with the so called Peace Camps at nuclear bases. Now that the Americans have taken their toys home these deluded fools are trying to make us believe in a new religion called 'Environmentalism'. 200 Years ago sections of our population were persecuted for being part of the wrong religion. Unless we stop these people now I prophesise that in much less than 200 years non belivers will again be persecuted!

badger, Poole, England

If the land the protestors are on is being occupied illegally what right have they to mains water, and other supplies and why should the police have to negotiate their presences. There is a hypocrasy about protestors who camp on land illeagally whilst claining to care about the worls and the environment.

S. Moore, Waterlooville, Hants

Do any of these people research anything?
A cow produces more harmful gasses than a 4X4 per day.
Most of these protesters are Veggies, so, less meat eaten means more cows...... Veggies are the cause of it. Simple math.

Mental Cat, London, UK

So they turn up on someone's land without permission and against his wishes. When police at his request turn up to investigate the landowner's complaint their visit is described by a spokeswoman for the trespassers as "unannounced". Where the police supposed to book an appointment?
They then complain they have been refused to connect the site to the water supply! Why on earth should they be given the means to prolong their trespass. Who do these people think they are?
They then complain about police stopping & searching people ( weeks after a terrorist attack on an airport) under terrorism laws as an abuse of the law. Illegally occupying land apparently is OK.

G Adlam, Brighton, Sussex