Tensions escalated last night as the fearless members of Her Majesty’s loyal press corp became stranded while on dispatches at the Nato summit in Newport.
Hundreds of foreign reporters left stranded in Nato summit site car park for 2 hours. Worst run summit ever attended. Well done Dave.
— Patrick Wintour (@patrickwintour) September 4, 2014
The Mail and Sun pol eds had a huddle and agreed on a line:
100s of foreign journos, already mocking summit grub, unable to leave site for 2 hrs as no buses turn up. Riot brewing. Brits stoic #NATO
— James Chapman (@jameschappers) September 4, 2014
The battle of Newport: 100s of angry euro media close to rioting over no buses for an hour out of #NATOSummitUK. Brit hacks remaining stoic.
— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) September 4, 2014
Luckier Lobby members had only a short wait until they were free:
Hacks who made it out of the Newport gulag express solidarity pic.twitter.com/LuD8QUqDy6
— Francis Elliott (@elliottengage) September 4, 2014
The SAS were on standby as the seriousness of the situation soon became apparent:
@tnewtondunn @elliotttimes @jameschappers We're being held in a turret of Cardiff castle
— Amber de Botton (@amberdebotton) September 4, 2014
Hacks back home did everything they could to raise awareness for their colleagues’ plight:
Has @patrickwintour been freed from his Welsh car park? pic.twitter.com/j2C0K6ZNjC
— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) September 5, 2014
Before finally, the good news came:
@tnewtondunn @elliotttimes @jameschappers We're free! #rapunzelnomore pic.twitter.com/d9egB8qgeF
— Amber de Botton (@amberdebotton) September 4, 2014
Let this be a testament to the power of social media campaigns.
