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Rip Out His Pockets Old Crockern - draft in studio

from Anthems For Change (Drafts) by Kimwei

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BREAKING: Darwall applies to the Supreme Court in an attempt to once again strip Dartmoor of the right to wild camp!

This is what we have to say about it: RIP OUT HIS POCKETS CROCKERN! If Darwall is back for more, then so are we, defending our right to wildcamp on Dartmoor!

Hey, you got some gall Alexander Darwall -
Coming back for more, wanna keep us from the moor.
Hey, you want it all, Alexander Darwall -
coming back to court against the Spirit of The Moor.

Rip out his pockets old Crockern x3

Hey, you wanted us banned, but we won the last round,
High up on the moor with our colours and our banners.
We were thousands strong with a story and a song.
Old Crockern took a stand, and we won the right to camp.

Rip out his pockets old Crockern x3

Instrumental (Adam The Poacher Tune)

Hey, you know we stand with the Spirit of The Land.
A warning to all who try to profit from the planet:
if you try to keep us down, then you’ll find your fortune gone.
These are everyone’s stars and the right is ours!

Rip out his pockets old Crockern x3

Outro: Adam The Poacher Tune

STATEMENT BY @thestarsareours.uk
Incredibly, Alexander Darwall, not content with galvanizing the biggest land rights protest in this country for a generation, has come back for more.

At this moment, we're waiting to see if the court will hear the case, and tomorrow Dartmoor National Park Authority will decide whether to formally oppose the application for appeal. As ever, they have our support and encouragement. Given the unanimous decision at the High Court last month we'd sincerely hope the court will simply throw this out... but we live in incredible times.

Sir Geoffrey Vos said: “In my judgment, on its true construction, section 10 (1) of the Dartmoor Commons Act 1985 confers on members of the public the right to rest or sleep on the Dartmoor commons, whether by day or night and whether in a tent or otherwise.”

This new attempt to challenge the right to wild camp demonstrates the continued fragility of the Dartmoor bylaws. As long as the whims of a wealthy landowner can run roughshod over the public's right to access nature, we will never be certain that the opportunity to sleep beneath the stars will be available to future generations.

That's why @thestarsareours.uk and @right.2roam alongside many others are calling for a new Right to Roam act, which would enshrine in law a presumption in favour of access across England, and firmly cement a right to wild camp within our national parks.

Together, over the past year, we have stood up to greed and blinkered self-servitude and turned an attempt to rob us of an historic customary right on Dartmoor into an important victory for land-rights for all.

If successful in bringing this case back into the court, Darwall will confirm his place in the history books as a catalysing force for land reform in England.

We will continue until everyone has the right to sleep under the stars.

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#thestarsareforeveryone
#wildcamping
#dartmoornationalpark
#dartmoor

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from Anthems For Change (Drafts), released January 19, 2023

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Where is the soundtrack for the climate revolution? I believe it is down to us all to make it. This year I've teamed up with folk musicians Chris Dance, Lisa Rowe & Anita Clarinet to make the songs of tomorrow’s history: music that births change - a lush landscape of vocal harmonies, guitar, strings & woodwind to surround and transform you. ... more

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