A rally to protest about the disruption Operation Brock is having in Kent attracted only a handful of people with key community figures staying away.

The gathering, organised by Faversham and Mid Kent MP Helen Whately, drew fewer than a dozen demonstrators at the Maidstone M20 Junction 8 services.

Three parish council chairs, whose communities are affected by traffic congestion when Brock is in place, were absent, in part due to the format of the meeting being changed. They were unhappy a one hour meeting was cut short to allow 30 minutes for the demo.

The chairs of Lenham and Harrietsham were scathing about Mrs Whately's reasons for staging the event.

Operation Brock was introduced as a post-Brexit traffic management system to be used at times of anticipated disruption at the Port of

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