YESTERDAY'S mass protest against the asylum seekers' centre in Throckmorton was the tip of the iceberg, warned the spokesman for the action group fighting it.
Rupert Segar, press officer for PACT - Protest against the Asylum Centre at Throckmorton - insisted the Government was weakening.
He warned Ministers that, for every move they would make, PACT was already one step ahead.
"What we're trying to say to the Government is, 'save face and back down now'," he said.
"And they're already showing signs of doing that. The most telling sign has been with the delays in putting in the planning application to build their 'super camp'.
"They're beginning to wake up and smell the fresh country air. They know, if they don't, they're going to run into a political storm."
Mr Segar spoke out yesterday after revealing that more than 1,000 letters had been sent to Tony Blair and Home Office officials calling for them to "see sense".
Protests
The planning application will not be submitted to Wychavon until September, he said.
Up until then, Mr Segar warned, a whole series of protests would be staged.
"One will be in the centre of Pershore. We're going to start showing people what it will be like to have 750 extra people flooding into the town.
"To the Government, I say only this: Whatever move you make, we've already got a counter move up our sleeve."
Marshals at yesterday's rally were handing out "PACT United" car stickers and collecting e-mail addresses so supporters could be told about demonstrations.
Malcolm Argyle, chairman of Bishampton Parish Council and district councillor for Pinvin, urged villagers to register on www.pact-throckmorton.org.
He thanked the demonstrators for turning out.
"There'll be more demonstrations and more meetings for PACT to develop a strategy.
"What we must try to avoid are knee-jerk reactions. We must be pro-active and keep up the pressure on the Home Office and other Ministers - and QinetiQ and Severn Waste Services, because they don't have to sell the land.
"We're always hopeful we'll win - we have to be."
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