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Protesters angry at the situation with Brexit vowed to 'bring the country to its knees' in a 'go slow' protest this evening (March 22).

But that's not exactly what happened .

Elsewhere in the country there may well have been a hold up or two.

But Kent's roads moved as (slowly) as they usually do - with no more hold ups than usual.

Brexit Direct Action members vowed to slow to 3mph on the M25 in a bid to cause problems on the busy road.

They gained the attention of Kent Police who said they were "aware and monitoring the situation" ahead of the planned protest .

But they need not have bothered, as other than a few hold ups at the Dartford Crossing (what's new?) there was no noticeable difference on Kent's roads.

Who are Brexit Direct Action?

Formed on February 28, the group started as a Twitter account, attracting followers who are upset with how Brexit is progressing.

They said they wanted to "organise and coordinate action against those whose intention is to delay/stop Brexit".

They announced in a pinned Tweet that their main idea was to "bring the country to its knees" by blocking all major arterial routes with multiple "go-slows".

But no one has put their name forward as the ringleader of the group.

Instead the members attempted to coordinate their action through Facebook chat and WhatsApp.

But it seems with no clear objective, very little actually happened.

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What did happen?

Good question. Elsewhere in the country there were minor hold ups on certain roads.

Cornwall, for instance, saw drivers slow down on the A30 westbound.

But here in Kent there didn't seem to be any hold ups.

As the picture below shows, there was some heavy traffic on the M25.

But it's rush hour on a Friday, this is not unsual.

And road bosses didn't notice any problems.

A spokesman for Highways England said: "There have been a few issues but nothing of any major impact and at present everything is running as usual."

Were they happy with how it went?

Not really. Few people turned up and in some areas, there were more police than protesters.

One supporter said: "Two of us turned up on A46 but someone had told police to expect two hundred, so six police cars turned up with us."

Another disappointed driver DID head to the M25, but said he was rather lonely.

He said: "I trundled down the M25 from junction 27 to junction 30 but it was a shame no one joined me."

Another member of the group angrily added: “People ain’t got the b*******. It was a good idea but we have failed.”

Not everyone was disheartened.

A peppy Actioner wrote: "Well done everyone who got off their a**** and actually did something today. Pots simmer before they boil people.

"You've seen the effect. The police presence was completely over the top.

"What another waste of tax payers money a! Well done everyone."

But generally the mood was sombre.

One group member summed up with: "We look like a bunch of hopeless t*****. I can’t be f***** to even look at organising another one.

"If someone does I'll turn up but it ain’t worth the hassle."

Oh dear.