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Posted: 09:59 - 21 Sep 2021 Post subject: |
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You can already guess what's happened again this morning.
Eco protesters have dramatically escalated their M25 demonstration – this time blocking the motorway's high-speed carriageway instead of a slip road.
Insulate Britain activists returned to disrupt motorists, who have become enraged at campaigners who glued themselves to slip roads and caused serious tailbacks - though the lanes have since reopened.
Protesters defied police on Tuesday morning, having assembled on the hard shoulder before running in front of traffic, which had started to slow.
Police tried to haul them back off the carriageway as traffic dragged to a halt but the activists managed to sprawl out across the lanes and completely block both sides of the M25 near Woking.
Officers then removed the activists and their banners in front of huge tailbacks. The protesters were seen going limp as they were hauled away and 23 arrests were made, according to Surrey Police.
Traffic began moving slowly after the demonstration was cleared away on the anti-clockwise route.
Speaking to LBC's Nick Ferrari at Breakfast, as Insulate Britain members ran onto the road, another campaigner with the group said she did not want to justify the demonstration.
Nick told Zoe Cohen that "someone is going to die".
But Ms Cohen responded that "thousands of people will die this winter from fuel poverty".
"We hate doing it, will you please ask the Government to write a reasonable statement and get us off the road? We don't want to do this, Nick.
"If the Government met our demands to insulate and retrofit social housing and the rest of the homes in Britain by 2030 it would save thousands of lives.
"We have to cause disruption, Nick."
Boris Johnson said they were harming their cause, but the group's Liam Norton said on Tuesday morning: "The idea that people would suddenly decide insulating our leaky homes is a bad idea as a result of our campaign is frankly laughable. We are simply asking the government to get on with the job.
"The people of Britain understand that climate change is a severe threat to everything they hold dear. They are looking to the government for leadership.
"We have a practical solution and have received encouragement for our aims from many construction industry professionals."
There are a few videos here: https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/m25-eco-protesters-in-dangerous-escalation-as-activists-block-high-speed-lanes/
More videos here: https://news.sky.com/story/m25-traffic-twenty-three-arrested-after-insulate-britain-protesters-try-to-block-motorway-for-fifth-time-12413311
And more videos here with lots of photos: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10012053/Eco-mob-Insulate-Britain-block-M25-fifth-time-run-main-carriageway-near-Woking.html
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OK, not directly related but I thought we were meant to be pretty well energy green? I heard shite from people how great our wind farms are and how much the solar makes yet here we are in a crisis with gas prices.
Now I know how much LNG we import into the UK because that was my last job at Shell, running a fleet of LNG ships that imported gas from Nigeria to Europe but still some twats lap up the 'we are so green' mantra.
I know most people still have gas boilers and many cookers but that's a small part of where gas goes. Gas fired power stations are still the backbone of electricity generation so both gas and electric prices will rise.
I wonder how many of the hooray henrys will be bleating about insulation when they cant charge their I phones because the electric has gone off?
Anyway, lets get them atoms flying and build some fcuk off great nuclear reactors or build a barrage across the Severn estuary to harness sea power.
In the mean time however, keep burning that gas cause my Shell shares are slowly creeping back up. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Polarbear wrote: |
Anyway, lets get them atoms flying and build some fcuk off great nuclear reactors |
This, as a matter of urgency. And they don't need to be huge piles like those of the 50s and 60s. And keep China the fuck out of it.
Meanwhile, we could burn Boris, his missus and all the protestors for a bit of warmth this winter. If nothing else, that would give me a warm feeling inside. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Could always dry them out a bit first. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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A relatively sane comment on climate change:
Can YOU Fix Climate Change?
~400k upvotes but I'm curious on the ~10k downvotes ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Seventeen people have been arrested as climate activists blocked the Port of Dover, causing queues of vehicles attempting to cross the Channel.
Insulate Britain, which has brought chaos on the M25 five times in the past fortnight, said more than 40 people gathered at Dover.
The port - Europe's busiest ferry terminal - said passengers should take extra time for their journeys.
The protest began about 08.20 BST and was cleared by police two hours later.
Kent Police said the protest had caused "traffic disruption in Dover", with queues forming on the A20 and the A2, approaching the port.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-58676610
No one could have predicted that the unwashed would celebrate the M25 injunction thing by going and blocking other roads.
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They don't even speculate on the biggest aspect of pollution, world population, except to say we will need to feed 10 billion. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Easy-X wrote: |
And before them the French paedophiles philosophers.
Anyhoo, here we go again:
Insulate Britain protesters glue hands to M25
To be clear the police response time needs to be "within minutes" to protect them from the motorists. |
My god its Kropotkin's lot now! And to think if they really wanted to cause disruption all they needed to do was spend fifty years promoting neo liberal politics and de-invest in blue coller workers, just think of the potholes they could have made not to mention taking fuel tanker drivers out of the worlforce |
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They are missing a trick here. The best way to get free publicity must be to superglue themselves to Katie Price! ____________________ Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
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Is the M25 particularly handy or does it play a crucial role in [not] installing insulation.
What could they glue themselves too instead (Katie Price already suggested) |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 2 years, 207 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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