London - A convoy of defiant truckers last night urged ordinary motorists to join their fight for a cut in fuel duty after completing the third leg of their go-slow protest journey from the north-east to London.
Twenty hauliers and farmers and 10 car drivers, who vowed to complete their journey to the capital, took just over two hours to travel 57 miles from Cannock, Staffordshire, to a truck stop on the A5 near Rugby, Warwickshire.
The protesters have been told they will not be allowed to bring their trucks into London when they near the end of their journey tomorrow.
The vehicles were cheered by dozens of supporters, some waving Union flags, from motorway bridges as they drove along the M6 through the West Midlands, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.