Peasants' Revolt in the Hills ; There's Trouble Brewing in the Hills. The Peasants Are Stirring and the Law-Makers Are Under Siege. At a Public Protest Meeting On Exmoor at the Weekend, 100 Locals - Including Parish and District Councillors and an Mp - Turned Out to Voice Concerns Grassroots Democracy Is Being Ignored.

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There's trouble brewing in the hills. The peasants are stirring and the law-makers are under siege. At a public protest meeting on Exmoor at the weekend, 100 locals - including parish and district councillors and an MP - turned out to voice concerns grassroots democracy is being ignored.

Exmoor National Park might be scenic, but a growing number of people living within its boundaries claim policies designed to keep it looking beautiful are becoming too draconian. Martin Hesp has been finding out more...

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Peasants' Revolt in the Hills ; There's Trouble Brewing in the Hills. The Peasants Are Stirring and the Law-Makers Are Under Siege. At a Public Protest Meeting On Exmoor at the Weekend, 100 Locals - Including Parish and District Councillors and an Mp - Turned Out to Voice Concerns Grassroots Democracy Is Being Ignored.

Exmoor Uprising - until recently known as the Exmoor Revolting Peasants' Party - is a pressure group so fed up with the way things are run in the hills, it is staging a series of protest meetings to voice their woes.

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