Balloons and barks prove the only threat to Bush

TWO hours before Shannon’s protest left the town centre, activist Fiona Wheeler had some unexpected guests.

“They just appeared in our sitting room. Five of them just walked in as if the place was theirs,” she said of the Special Branch officers who had somehow entered the flat without breaking the door.

“All I can think is they must have had a key. They said they had a search warrant and they went through all our personal things,” Ms Wheeler said.