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Eco protesters to suspend blocking roads after drivers fight back
LBC ^ | Oct 14 | LBC

Posted on 10/14/2021 3:42:44 AM PDT by RandFan

Eco protesters who have infuriated motorists by blocking roads have agree to suspend campaigning after a Boris Johnson speech.

Insulate Britain have drawn heavy criticism for stunts in which they ran out onto the M25 motorway and blocked access to the Port of Dover.

However, motorists may enjoy some brief respite from their disruption as the group decided to stop campaigning until October 25 - ahead of the crucial COP26 climate talks in Glasgow.

It said it made this decision in light of a Boris Johnson speech, made last month to the UN, in which he referred to the planet reaching a “critical turning point”.

It followed a protest in Essex, near the Purfleet ferry terminal, where Insulate Britain activists enraged drivers who took matters into their own hands and dragged the eco activists out of the road.

A mother was blocked from taking her 11-year-old son to school and another driver told LBC he had missed a job interview.

In a letter to Mr Johnson, Insulate Britain wrote: “Ahead of COP26, Insulate Britain will suspend its campaign of civil resistance until Monday 25th October

(Excerpt) Read more at lbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
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Who are these people to be issuing demands?
1 posted on 10/14/2021 3:42:44 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

run them down, sooner or later they will stop showing up.


2 posted on 10/14/2021 3:47:11 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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To: qwerty1234

They tried to drag them away but they kept slithering back like a slug

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3 posted on 10/14/2021 3:54:01 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

As our esteemed Congreve Critter ‘lies errr commminnns’ would interject ….
“I’m tide ov dis”


4 posted on 10/14/2021 3:54:04 AM PDT by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count..)
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To: RandFan

Well paid Soroscialists?

Punishment for Brexit,the sin of the century.


5 posted on 10/14/2021 4:08:19 AM PDT by epluribus_2 (He, had the best mom - ever.)
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To: RandFan

Great to see them fighting back for a change; but their need to fight back was created by the politicians that most of the fight-backers likely voted for.


6 posted on 10/14/2021 4:14:48 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: RandFan
I saw that. It was stupid on both parts. Some guy dragging off an attention whoring senile old fart who slithered back like dementia joe sidling up to a nubile little girl.

Somebody needed to put a boot heel onto the bridge of the old guy's nose. That's a deterrent.

7 posted on 10/14/2021 4:25:34 AM PDT by LouAvul (Farewell America. We barely knew you. )
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To: RandFan
...a Boris Johnson speech, made last month to the UN, in which he referred to the planet reaching a “critical turning point”.

We've been hearing that same "message" for what, 30 years now? How many "point of no returns" have we passed? A dozen, two dozen?

It is the same high-pressure tactics used by shyster lawyers and used car salesmen. Don't think, there's no time, act now, make an emotional, reflexive decision...

This is how I know, I know global warming / climate change is not really an issue. If it were actually an issue we could do something about, they wouldn't need such insultingly obvious idiocy to try to "sell" it to us.

8 posted on 10/14/2021 6:17:38 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Biden/Harris - illegitimate and everyone knows it.)
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To: qwerty1234

LIKE SAIL CATS?????


9 posted on 10/14/2021 7:40:23 AM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: RandFan

“Where Insulate Britain activists enraged drivers who took matters into their own hands and dragged the eco activists out of the road.”

Beat the ever loving snot out of a few. The rest will get the message.

L


10 posted on 10/14/2021 7:42:06 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: RandFan

Vigorous application of a cricket bat would make for a more permanent solution.


11 posted on 10/14/2021 8:30:33 AM PDT by Noumenon (The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
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"They tried to drag them away but they kept slithering back like a slug"

Render them incapable of slithering back like a slug!!!

12 posted on 10/10/2022 1:51:58 PM PDT by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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