Does anyone else find it fishy that none of the mainstream news reports mention that people were able to pull the gates open with just a few ropes? They all talk about 'storming' and similar general, disorganised expressions, but don't mention how and how easily the gates came open. Cock-up?

Meanwhile, thought it worth mentioning, for those who weren't there, how jumpy the cops were. Wandering around outside the base by bike yesterday afternoon, my companion and I were intermittently followed by cops in vans, in cars and on motorbikes, including being approached and questioned about our intentions as we stood by a crash gate - the motorbike cop in question accused us of wasting police time by acting suspiciously....

A little later, while still cycling on public roads around the base, we had a police helicopter hovering around us for at least 10 minutes - we were careful not to look up, and suspect they were trying for 'intelligence' photos.

Later still, after boarding our coach home, the coach was pulled over by a carload of cops wanting to know where we were going - the driver was doing nothing wrong and taking a perfectly reasonable route - we just happened to be on the road leading past RAF Brize Norton...

Haven't they got better things to do?