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Insulate Britain Protests (Blackwall Tunnel p22)
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Dartford Tunnel anyone?0
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If they did that, it'll cripple the south east.Arsenetatters said:Dartford Tunnel anyone?0 -
A lot of this now is down to the practicalities.
I don’t think the authorities are able to prevent these actions, so all that is left is reaction.
The debate is probably about how to react.
These protestors are completely wrong in what they are doing, yet ultimately it is for the right reasons.
That is going to mean quite a supply of people prepared to be martyrs for their cause.
I imagine we will enter a race between gathering intelligence and attempting prevention, and the numbers willing to continue to protest.1 -
Pretty harrowing stuff wherever your sympathies are in this debate
https://twitter.com/lbcnews/status/1444930120238649344?s=24
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And the inevitable outcome (where are the police in all this?)
https://twitter.com/talkradio/status/1444935063075016704?s=21
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If it was Charlton or Millwall supporter doing this or ANY other football supporters doing it, would the Police be so understanding and patient?se9addick said:lAnd the inevitable outcome (where are the police in all this?)
https://twitter.com/talkradio/status/1444935063075016704?s=21We’d have 100s of Police, the mounted section and Helicopters within minutes forcing us out of the road while dressed in full riot gear!6 -
What else are they expecting?
The way they're lying back down in the road after they've already been moved and cars are going through, someone will get hurt, and it'll be the fault of the people trying to clear the road.1 -
Finally the public have seen sense & reacted. Well played.11
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A shame the public have to intervene, but that's what it's come to. If it's true there was an ambulance trying to get through then that's stupidity to the extreme. These people are doing far more harm to their cause than good now.
As for the poor lady pleading to get to her sick mother in Canterbury they just didn't care did they.3 -
Saw the traffic on the approach road from the train at Westcombe Park and knew there was trouble of some kind. Hopefully clear now0
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Your mum might die but you need to understand our plight.Rob7Lee said:A shame the public have to intervene, but that's what it's come to. If it's true there was an ambulance trying to get through then that's stupidity to the extreme. These people are doing far more harm to their cause than good now.
As for the poor lady pleading to get to her sick mother in Canterbury they just didn't care did they.2 -
Wankers.0
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Where they are blocking is around a mile from a large Ambulance base for all sorts of different responses such as the Hazardous Area Response Team, so although not an actual Ambulance it’s a busy area for service vehicles on blue lights.0
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A certain someone on here is waiting to say 'it's just daily mail trope' & 'diddums, people are delayed for a little bit'Big_Bad_World said:
Your mum might die but you need to understand our plight.Rob7Lee said:A shame the public have to intervene, but that's what it's come to. If it's true there was an ambulance trying to get through then that's stupidity to the extreme. These people are doing far more harm to their cause than good now.
As for the poor lady pleading to get to her sick mother in Canterbury they just didn't care did they.
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These protests are particularly noticeable by how the usual suspects (hi) aren't getting on board1
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Great stuff from Joe public and the ambulance crew manhandling these cretins but where the hell are the police?2
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I don’t understand how a news agency can know about it in advance enough to film the road being blocked as it happens, but the authorities don’t know.2
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Bloke just tried to get through a gap before they moved over, but it won't be long before someone short-tempered does drive at them, or someone knocks one of them out.Rob7Lee said:
It's trouble waiting to happen.2 -
They will be there soon to arrest those who moved the protestors.stop_shouting said:Great stuff from Joe public and the ambulance crew manhandling these cretins but where the hell are the police?4 -
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This came up on LBC the other week. The protesters ring them (reporters) but for whatever reason the reporters don't call the police.seth plum said:I don’t understand how a news agency can know about it in advance enough to film the road being blocked as it happens, but the authorities don’t know.0 -
Great work by the blokes who pulled these idiot demonstraters away.
But you watch. I bet one of these demonstrators who got pulled aside makes a complaint to the police and our effing useless police force, sorry service, actually prosecutes those who pulled the demonstrators aside for assault.0 -
Making sandwiches for themstop_shouting said:Great stuff from Joe public and the ambulance crew manhandling these cretins but where the hell are the police?2 -
I hope they arrest the lady whose mother is in hospital. Nothing but a trouble maker who doesn't care, understand and isn't on board.hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
They will be there soon to arrest those who moved the protestors.stop_shouting said:Great stuff from Joe public and the ambulance crew manhandling these cretins but where the hell are the police?1 -
Hopefully the paramedics as well.Big_Bad_World said:
I hope they arrest the lady whose mother is in hospital. Nothing but a trouble maker who doesn't care, understand and isn't on board.hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
They will be there soon to arrest those who moved the protestors.stop_shouting said:Great stuff from Joe public and the ambulance crew manhandling these cretins but where the hell are the police?2 -
It will undoubtedly turn nasty at some stage - somebody will lose it.North Lower Neil said:
Bloke just tried to get through a gap before they moved over, but it won't be long before someone short-tempered does drive at them, or someone knocks one of them out.Rob7Lee said:
It's trouble waiting to happen.4 -
Sometimes in the past a person can be found guilty in a court and a wise judge can issue a fine of something like 1p.
If a person dragging a protestor away is prosecuted I would hope (if it went to a jury trial) they are found not guilty whatever the weight of evidence. Or if no jury trial a decent judge issues a 1p fine.1 -
You would still have a criminal record though….seth plum said:Sometimes in the past a person can be found guilty in a court and a wise judge can issue a fine of something like 1p.
If a person dragging a protestor away is prosecuted I would hope (if it went to a jury trial) they are found not guilty whatever the weight of evidence. Or if no jury trial a decent judge issues a 1p fine.2 -
Honestly I really do suspect some measure of black ops here. Run the most unpopular protest campaign ever, leading to a severe government crackdown, setting a precedent for future protests. I know, never ascribe to malice what can be explained by stupidity, but...9
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But still carry a conviction?seth plum said:Sometimes in the past a person can be found guilty in a court and a wise judge can issue a fine of something like 1p.
If a person dragging a protestor away is prosecuted I would hope (if it went to a jury trial) they are found not guilty whatever the weight of evidence. Or if no jury trial a decent judge issues a 1p fine.0
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