... nearby town of Hastings in the spring of 1991, with an even more recent example being Reclaim the Streets (Q: Why Hastings??? The south east is hardly a hot-bed of counter-cultural radicalism!!!) instrumental in Various road protests, as well as RTS and TLIO. An attempt to explain the above trends through a very systematic and detailed application of poltical opportunity tools is made by Rootes, who offers as an explanation of the TEA and the emergence of the anti-roads movements the following: 1. the commitment to development of roads by the then conservative government (assumably, without an issue to protest about, there will be no protest?) 2. The legitimisation of environmental issues by Margaret Thatcher in various high profile speeches 3. The ensuing increase in media reporting of environmental issues 4. The failure of the Green Party in the 1992 elections 5. The reelection of the conservative government and the renewal of the roads building ...

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