Whatever happened to 'Swampy' ?

[Steve Booth]

Does anybody know what happened to the road protest tunnelling activist 'Swampy' (Daniel Hooper) ??

People sometimes ask this question and suggest that he might now be working in the banking industry, an accountant or something like this.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

His trust fund matured and he went into property development.

 

[Gromit]

I'm guessing Tory MP or tests cosmetics on lab animals.

 

[Ralph Masters]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8197081.stm

 

[Fullyplumped]

Now Regius Professor of Marketing and New Media, University of Uttoxeter.

 

[Gromit]

Not long ago there was a rumour going round that he'd died from a heart attack. Apparently he refused a by-pass.

 

[lizzieloo]

In Summer 2006, the Manchester Evening News reported that Hooper was now living in a woodland commune with a wife and children, wanting nothing more to do with protests

http://www.cbrd.co.uk/people/daniel-hooper/

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I think I recall reading that if was living in tipi valley. Although I'll happily stand corrected if wrong as it's a very vague recollection.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I think I recall reading that if was living in tipi valley. Although I'll happily stand corrected if wrong as it's a very vague recollection.

That's what it says on his wikipedia page...

 

[Kanda]

People sometimes ask this question and think.. I know, I'll google it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swampy

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I know where he is. He's living quietly and sustainably in rural bliss. Not telling you where though.....

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

i met him at a festy not so long back and he was on good form.

 

[fogbat]

I know where he is. He's living quietly and sustainably in rural bliss. Not telling you where though.....

He's in your back garden, isn't he?

 

[Divisive Cotton]

Do you remember that terrible appearance he put in on Have I Got News For You?

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear

 

[belboid]

it was crap, but a fair enuf excuse - 'i just wanted to meet paul merton'

Okay, that's a rather odd excuse as well...

 

[el-ahrairah]

it was crap, but a fair enuf excuse - 'i just wanted to meet paul merton'

Okay, that's a rather odd excuse as well...

Not especially. I'd quite like to meet Paul Merton too, and if my political activities gave me the opportunity then so be it.

 

[el-ahrairah]

Also it's nice to hear that he's living his dream. Of all the Newbury types I've known or met over the years I think I'm the most corporate. In that I have a job that pays the rent.

 

[e19896]

I know where he is. He's living quietly and sustainably in rural bliss. Not telling you where though.....

Yes near Sheffield with his kids and others but i aint telling unless the offer is right of course..

 

[albionism]

He was alright.
At least he DID something.

 

[soam]

Yeah i think he is up around Penistone/Barnsley area .

 

[rennie]

We are swampy.

 

[moon23]

it was crap, but a fair enuf excuse - 'i just wanted to meet paul merton'

Okay, that's a rather odd excuse as well...

He was told to read the papers but instead got drunk. Allowed himself to be portrayed as a media cliche.

He was niave, but fair play for doing what he did.

 

[danny la rouge]

We are swampy.

I'm not.

And neither is my wife.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Is he still in Wales?

 

[i_hate_beckham]

Who knows? His Wikipedia hasn't been updated in 4 years.

 

[LDC]

AFAIK he's happily doing what he's been doing for ages. And by all accounts he's a pretty good competitive runner now as well. He's dead lovely bloke too.

 

[SaskiaJayne]

I met him yrs ago. He was working in a bed factory in Thame Oxfordshire. His workmates were calling him Swampy so I asked them if he was the actual Swampy & they said he was.

 

[phillm]

He scrubs up well.....

Notorious eco-warrior Swampy: Why I’ve retired

 

[editor]

Intresting article here. Gawd bless Swampy!

Swampy: ’90s eco-warrior hero returns

He was the most famous climate activist in the UK, fighting the good fight two decades before Extinction Rebellion. Then he went to ground – until now.

theface.com

 

[gosub]

Intresting article here. Gawd bless Swampy!

Swampy: ’90s eco-warrior hero returns

He was the most famous climate activist in the UK, fighting the good fight two decades before Extinction Rebellion. Then he went to ground – until now.

theface.com

I don't really do twiitter, but I suggest it might be worth bringing that article to the attention of Ms Thunberg