Protesters blocking various M25 Junctions

Protesters blocking various M25 Junctions

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Einion Yrth

19,575 posts

250 months

Tuesday 14th September 2021
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280E said:
"Insulate Britain" - I took this to be an offshoot of the 'Brexit' Partysmile
I read it as "Insult Britain", and assumed it was remoaners.

Vasco

17,272 posts

111 months

Tuesday 14th September 2021
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77 protestors arrested by police according to the BBC.

tobinen

9,456 posts

151 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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It's happening again.

efcgriswold

304 posts

45 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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Let’s hope people just drag them out of the way and get on with their day. Although, you would expect police to do that.

KAgantua

4,201 posts

137 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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csd19 said:
Derek Smith said:
Dromedary66 said:
The police should have instantly dragged them off to the side of the road and given them the hiding of their lives.

Utter s.
(Snip)

What confuses me is why you seemingly support law-breaking by those whose role is to uphold the law.
So did you a few weeks ago, you wouldn't shop a family member even if you knew they were participating in illegal activities. Pot, kettle much?

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Edited by csd19 on Tuesday 14th September 12:57
Sad you went through his posts - all just for that!

A Winner Is You

25,198 posts

233 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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efcgriswold said:
Let’s hope people just drag them out of the way and get on with their day. Although, you would expect police to do that.
Don't worry, one policeman has turned up to ask them very politely if they wouldn't mind moving

https://twitter.com/LBCNews/status/143804488337839...

SydneyBridge

9,350 posts

164 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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The tts should be removed for their own safety, let alone for blocking a motorway
Leave them alone with a few lorry drivers should have it sorted in no time....

anonymous-user

60 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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So is this country honestly going to grind to a halt because a handful of middle class people who live in big houses and are independently wealthy decide to sit on the motorway day after day?

Stopping people who are not in such a privileged position as them getting to work to earn money to feed their families.

I cannot understand how this nonsense is not just nipped in the bud and the whole lot of them thrown in the back of a police van.

272BHP

5,696 posts

242 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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SydneyBridge said:
The tts should be removed for their own safety, let alone for blocking a motorway
Leave them alone with a few lorry drivers should have it sorted in no time....
Exactly, surely there is an existing health and safety law that can be applied here?

Anyone sitting in the motorway needs to be removed for their own safety as quickly as possible - if lorry or car drivers can assist in this effort then this should be encouraged wink

Portofino

4,481 posts

197 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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Joey Deacon said:
So is this country honestly going to grind to a halt because a handful of middle class people who live in big houses and are independently wealthy decide to sit on the motorway day after day?

Stopping people who are not in such a privileged position as them getting to work to earn money to feed their families.

I cannot understand how this nonsense is not just nipped in the bud and the whole lot of them thrown in the back of a police van.
Because we are so woke these days & don’t want to offend anyone. God help us if there was a war, we would have to get the enemy to sign a disclaimer before we shot at them.

efcgriswold

304 posts

45 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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A Winner Is You said:
efcgriswold said:
Let’s hope people just drag them out of the way and get on with their day. Although, you would expect police to do that.
Don't worry, one policeman has turned up to ask them very politely if they wouldn't mind moving

https://twitter.com/LBCNews/status/143804488337839...
To be fair it looks like a traffic officer who are usually single crewed. He was polite though.

A Winner Is You

25,198 posts

233 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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efcgriswold said:
A Winner Is You said:
efcgriswold said:
Let’s hope people just drag them out of the way and get on with their day. Although, you would expect police to do that.
Don't worry, one policeman has turned up to ask them very politely if they wouldn't mind moving

https://twitter.com/LBCNews/status/143804488337839...
To be fair it looks like a traffic officer who are usually single crewed. He was polite though.
Luckily backup soon arrived. Who made sure the protesters weren't any discomfort, if they had any questions or if there was anything they could do to assist them.

https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1438056815086944257

MattyD803

1,830 posts

71 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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A Winner Is You said:
Luckily backup soon arrived. Who made sure the protesters weren't any discomfort, if they had any questions or if there was anything they could do to assist them.

https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1438056815086944257
rolleyes

That little speech with "joke thrown in" was unbelievably painful to even listen to. I'm suspecting that was deliberate for the cameras/media?

How are these people not being dragged off the motorway?

Thank the lord I don't commute around the M25 anymore.......South Mimms was enough of a ball-ache without these clowns.


Edited by MattyD803 on Wednesday 15th September 10:35

g4ry13

18,436 posts

261 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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What happened to getting the truncheons out and cracking some skulls? banghead

Or do the police only care about someone walking too far away from their homes and breaching lockdown or saying something hurtful on the internet?

It's domestic terrorism.

csd19

2,280 posts

123 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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KAgantua said:
csd19 said:
Derek Smith said:
Dromedary66 said:
The police should have instantly dragged them off to the side of the road and given them the hiding of their lives.

Utter s.
(Snip)

What confuses me is why you seemingly support law-breaking by those whose role is to uphold the law.
So did you a few weeks ago, you wouldn't shop a family member even if you knew they were participating in illegal activities. Pot, kettle much?

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Edited by csd19 on Tuesday 14th September 12:57
Sad you went through his posts - all just for that!
Went through his posts? No, just remembered it from the similar discussions that were had at the time. Same st, different day...

crankedup5

10,733 posts

41 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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I compare the police actions in this issue to the recent busker playing music in a park. How many police jumped on him, five IIRC, handcuffs used, bloodied the buskers face in a totally OTT series of actions. Hmmmmm!

SydneyBridge

9,350 posts

164 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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What next, sitting on train lines to protest..

The police should give them 2 mins to get up and off the road and treat them like terrorists if they don't

TheAngryDog

12,505 posts

215 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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I bet if someone drove away from here at 1mph over the speed limit the police would be all over it (lol).

But that speech was pathetic. Discussing whether or not they should be arrested? just arrest them. They're causing a danger, and let's be honest, if they want support this is not the right way to do it. People have have little sympathy for groups who cause massive disruption to their lives.

Fuel blockages / protests were made illegal by the Government - why aren't these?

g3org3y

20,962 posts

197 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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tobinen said:
It's happening again.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-h...

madmadmad

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

259 months

Wednesday 15th September 2021
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Can we politely ask if we can borrow half a dozen Spanish police officers? They'd solve our little domestic terrorism problem fairly promptly.

It's mad that we grant people such power to ruin the days of tens of thousands (and maybe the whole lives of a few, stuck either in, or waiting for an ambulance)