Those who joined Monday’s protests – which created headlines and provoked ministers – are already organising their next moves

They were a disparate group – truckers, farmers, businesspeople, carers, bikers, teenagers and retirees. Even a group of door supervisors from a West Country market town. Some of the fuel protests were slickly organised; others were, frankly, a little chaotic.

But they had the desired effect of causing traffic jams, creating headlines and provoking the UK government.

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