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Well my main issue was them setting a precedent, a very dangerous one.
With respect the druids have no claim to these bones, well no more so than any other British citizen and in that context do have a right to an opinion on the subject, this was considered and in the end the majority of people saw sense (imo) and the right decision was made.
The bones in question are so far removed from any living person that they can't be seen to be tied to anyone emotionally (imo)
Also no religious group can claim these remains as one of their own, we don't honestly know (and never can) what religion the living person would have followed despite all the sites being labelled "pagan", there just isn't any evidence to back it up.

I worked on an 18th century burial site which was unconsecrated as far as the Church was concerned, mostly consisting of suicides and unbaptised babies, after the skeletons were removed we were told they would be sent to Belgium for analysis. They were incinerated there as it was considered too costly to re inter them, a profoundly depressing experience.