EU referendum: Brexit trucks convoy heads to London from Shropshire
[gallery] Lorries, vans and even an helicopter left Shropshire today, joining a convoy of vehicles travelling across the country to raise awareness of the campaign to leave the European Union.
Covered with British flags and emblazoned with messages calling the EU corrupt, campaigners hope the trip from Cound Hall, Cound, to London will help highlight what they say are vital issues ahead of Thursday's referendum.
The group, many of them local business owners, will meet up with other vehicles as they travel, finally parading the vehicles around the Capital.
A local supporter summed up the intentions behind the effort: "If people are willing to go to this much trouble, it must be something worth thinking about."
One of the organisers, David Sykes-Waller, said: "What we've gathered is a group of local businessmen who want to make a statement.
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Mr Sykes-Waller said: "I'm very pleased with how it turned out. We've had farmers, builders, plumbers and all manner of businessmen who have had enough and who think it's time for us to go.
"What we're trying to do is promote the plight of the EU."
Mr Sykes-Waller, who built the controversial anti-EU sinking ship structure alongside the A458 at Cressage, said that he disliked the EU because it sapped talent from poorer countries.
He said: "Imagine Shrewsbury Town take their team bus and driving it to Real Madrid's ground, and then they usher onto that bus their first team and drive off without paying.
"It's brilliant for Shrewsbury Town - they've got one of the best teams in the world. But they haven't paid for it, and that's what we do. Our nation, among others, snap the brightest talent from poorer nations, leaving them without workers, and what's worse is we then sell them goods they can't afford, leaving them bankrupt."
James Tanner, chairman of Shrewsbury-based company Tanners Wines, joined the convoy for part of its journey.
He said: "I'm very pro-European and would be for the original ideas of the EU. It's just simply become to bureaucratic and going forward it'll become less and less democratic as it grows larger.
"Most people would think we would be very pro-Europe because of importing wine from many European countries, but I don't believe there will be a big tariff war. Of course there are unknowns, but there are unknowns for remaining as well."
