ACTIVISTS dressed as chickens turned up at International Trade Secretary Liam Fox’s surgery yesterday to show him that his own constituents strongly oppose his plans for a trade deal with the United States.

An overwhelming majority of the 558 people in North Somerset who responded to a poll carried out by Survation for campaign group Global Justice Now said they do not want US food standards to be adopted here.

A huge 88 per cent are opposed to cattle being injected with hormones, 84 per cent are against the use of ractopamine in pig feed and 65 per cent do not want to eat chlorine-washed chicken.