Should haul in a couple of ‘Johnny on the Spot’ facilities, get the police to put a ‘protective brigade, letting no one IN or OUT of the designated area.
That may ‘force’ them to do a hunger strike like people who mean what they are claiming they are doing.
I think the last ‘successful’ hunger strike was by the IRA and after one died and another was hauled off with IVs attached to him, the rest thought the idea was kind of lame because it appeared no one really cared if they died.
THAT IS HOW YOU HANDLE A PROPOSED HUNGER STRIKE.
Hunger strikes are intended to touch off riots if the striker dies; that was Gandhi’s leverage against the British.
When the IRA striker croaked, only a fizzle resulted. Mrs. Thatcher’s determination was not to be trifled with.
They should be confined and forbidden to eat..just allowed to smell fine cooking aromas. After they starve to death then turn them loose.