The Just Stop Oil protesters have been wreaking havoc in London for days, but they reached the headlines on Tuesday when they blocked streets in West London.
Their actions interfered with emergency vehicles and people getting medical help.
From The London Times:
More than 30 activists in high-visibility vests walked on to roads in Knightsbridge and refused to move until the government agreed to halt all new fossil fuel projects. They gathered at 10am and unveiled large orange banners before sitting in front of cars, vans and buses. Some glued themselves to the tarmac.The demonstration came hours after the group issued a warning to the Metropolitan Police, saying: “We are going to continue escalating our actions until our demand of no new oil and gas is met.”It was the 11th consecutive day of disruption caused by the group’s supporters since it launched a campaign to bring parts of the capital to a standstill.
One man told the protesters, “I’m trying to get a baby to the hospital!”
Another said, “Somebody is sick! Get off the road, let her through and then get back on the road. She is unwell. Are you guys silly?”
A protester was not sympathetic: “If somebody’s sick, they shouldn’t be driving.”
The person put the protester in their place: “No, they’ve got a passenger in their car who is sick . . . You haven’t got a clue what you’re doing.”
It took one fire truck 14 minutes to reach its destination.
Videos show fire trucks and ambulances. The public angrily confronted the protesters.
The Metropolitan Police arrested 28 people on Tuesday. Prime Minister Liz Truss’s spokesman said:
“These sorts of protests which disrupt people’s daily lives or indeed can stop our emergency services from potentially saving lives are unacceptable.”That’s why we’ve already toughened powers for the police, we’ve given them new powers to act and we are also taking further powers through the House at the moment to ensure they can go even further in preventing these individuals from disrupting people’s lives.”
The Just Stop Oil protesters are doing it today.
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