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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Matthew Weaver

Activist hits back at Starmer for ‘demonising’ him as green ‘zealot’

Andrew Boswell
Andrew Boswell spent two years in a legal fight against the expansion of the A47 in Norfolk. Photograph: Handout

An activist singled out by Keir Starmer as an environmental “zealot” who must be stopped from making “vexatious” legal claims that thwart growth, has accused the prime minister of trying to lock people out of the planning process.

Andrew Boswell, a 68-year-old former Green councillor, insisted his two-year legal fight over the expansion of the A47 in Norfolk was worth it, despite it ending in defeat in the supreme court last year.

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