1.   Brady collapsed on Boxing Day, three months into a hunger strike in protest at his transfer to a tougher ward.

2.   Five thousand employees came out on strike in protest at the poor working conditions.

3.   His mouth opened in mute protest at this perversion of the proper order of affairs.

4.   Ludens said afterwards that it was a sound of protest at this rough handling.

5.   Mr Blanc resigned in protest at the refusal to privatise the airline.

6.   Prisoners in several jails have rioted in protest at their appalling conditions.

7.   Public employees have threatened mass resignations in protest at the plans.