[News] Just Stop Oil

[el punal]

I do hope they took their own sandwiches. The cost of a seafood cocktail one in granary bread is extortionate at those services. My other thought is how on earth did they arrive at the service station (mentioned earlier in this thread)? If they went by private transport - car, mini-bus, traction engine or whatever, they’ve got a bit of a problem. I’m sure that a lot of service stations have a time limit for parking. If that’s the case they’re ever so slightly f***ed. What, with either being arrested or glued down somewhere uncomfortable, they won’t be able to access their vehicles for some time.

I suppose there is a small consolation for them in all of this - at least they’re not going to be bothered by those scam merchants who ask for money so they can buy fuel as their bank card has been declined. A common occurrence at a lot of services.

Oh well, stay glued for further updates.

 

[Billy the Fish]

….protesters have damaged every pump at Cobham and Clackett Lane services. No fuel available at either. The ****s.

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One of the people banged up for the M25 protests apparently. Should be looking at a reasonable amount of time behind bars.

 

[Curious Orange]

I wonder what these people would think of a programme of building nuclear power stations as a cleaner solution to electricity generation?

 

[dsr-burnley]

Copied from Facebook, police post

Tandridge Beat (Surrey Police)

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The protester who glued himself to the top of a lorry has also been safely removed.
Officers with specialist removal equipment are in the process of safely removing the remaining protesters from the forecourt at Clacket Lane. Once this has been done, the damage to the pumps can be properly assessed. 11 arrests have been made at the location so far.
We appreciate that this incident has been ongoing for some time and is causing considerable disruption but removing protesters who have glued themselves to vehicles and petrol pumps is a lengthy and complex process and has to be carried out using specialist equipment.
Please bear with us while we continue to deal with these ongoing incidents.

As for the one who glued himself to the top of the lorry, wouldn't it be cheaper to hire another lorry out of public funds? Then the man's friends can pay to hire the specialist equipment and labour to release him in their own time.

 

[GT49er]

I'm sure we'd all like to be able to use less carbon fuels - oil and gas - especially as most of tit seems to come from pariah states like Russia and Saudi. At least these idiots have some sort of justifiable cause - even if their methods have no beneficial effect, and don't really furhter their cause at all.

Still, if they've moved on from pulling down statues, that shows their focus on what really matters has at least improved substantially.

 

[Gazwag]

Brighton fans moaning about protesters causing criminal damage to highlight their cause is quite funny, tbh.

They are not protesters though the are people who don't want to work and enjoy smashing up things they don't care about the cause, last week they were demanding no vaccines next week they will be pulling down trees because somebody tells them they are producing to much oxygen which is bad as it causes fires.

 

[portlock seagull]

You are being disingenuous. These people don't believe in any one cause, they want to change the world and are committing actual crimes in their attempts. This isn't about oil, it's all about them.

Hmmm. I think not. The term professional protesters is simply a slur on those who believe in a cause strongly enough to step out of the conventional line most of us never cross, or are afraid to.

Quarter of a century ago I was one of them. My cause was the survival of a football club.

 

[portlock seagull]

I wonder what these people would think of a programme of building nuclear power stations as a cleaner solution to electricity generation?

Sounds rhetorical.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Hmmm. I think not. The term professional protesters is simply a slur on those who believe in a cause strongly enough to step out of the conventional line most of us never cross, or are afraid to.

Quarter of a century ago I was one of them. My cause was the survival of a football club.

Even the peaceful seafront marches we had are now imprisonable offences.

 

[Curious Orange]

Sounds rhetorical.

On my part? I'm genuinely interested as it happens.

I think nuclear power has a lot of unnecessary stigma around it because of its historical association with, you know, bombs. Bit you don't need to have fields of solar panels, or to endanger the bird population with it, and that nasty uranium stuff isn't the only source of fuel.

 

[Swansman]

They are not protesters though the are people who don't want to work and enjoy smashing up things they don't care about the cause, last week they were demanding no vaccines next week they will be pulling down trees because somebody tells them they are producing to much oxygen which is bad as it causes fires.

I doubt its the same people tbh

 

[jcdenton08]

Hmmm. I think not. The term professional protesters is simply a slur on those who believe in a cause strongly enough to step out of the conventional line most of us never cross, or are afraid to.

Quarter of a century ago I was one of them. My cause was the survival of a football club.

These are exactly the same people you will see committing acts of terror at every possible opportunity. Tearing down statues, blocking doors to McDonalds, throwing animal blood on shoppers in Sainsbury's. Any opportunity to commit crime, get on the television and act out their delusions of moral superiority under the banner of "protest'.

They need to get a job and stop being so silly.

 

[BadFish]

I doubt its the same people tbh

If you pretend they are though and assign you own motives to their actions it makes it easier to dismiss them.

Lots of people on this thread sounds like them know these people personally.

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[The Clamp]

These are exactly the same people you will see committing acts of terror at every possible opportunity. Tearing down statues, blocking doors to McDonalds, throwing animal blood on shoppers in Sainsbury's. Any opportunity to commit crime, get on the television and act out their delusions of moral superiority under the banner of "protest'.

They need to get a job and stop being so silly.

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[wellquickwoody]

Even the peaceful seafront marches we had are now imprisonable offences.

Source....?

 

[sydney]

One of the people banged up for the M25 protests apparently. Should be looking at a reasonable amount of time behind bars.

hopefully get some sense pumped into them.

 

[Justice]

These are exactly the same people you will see committing acts of terror at every possible opportunity. Tearing down statues, blocking doors to McDonalds, throwing animal blood on shoppers in Sainsbury's. Any opportunity to commit crime, get on the television and act out their delusions of moral superiority under the banner of "protest'.

They need to get a job and stop being so silly.

A couple of years ago I ended up talking to some of the folk from extinction rebellion at Marble Arch you couldn’t be more wrong.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Source....?

The royal assent given to the policing bill yesterday, in Britain.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

The royal assent given to the policing bill yesterday, in Britain.

That would be determined in the courts like previous contentious implementations of law.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56400751.amp

You (or I) can say nothing definitively just yet so the reference to peaceful fan marches in Brighton is not grounded in fact (yet).

 

[Thunder Bolt]

That would be determined in the courts like previous contentious implementations of law.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56400751.amp

You (or I) can say nothing definitively just yet so the reference to peaceful fan marches in Brighton is not grounded in fact (yet).

The fact remains the legislation is now in place for any peaceful protestor to be sent to prison.
The police arrested the women at the peaceful Sarah Everard vigil. That has now been shown to be unlawful. This legislation removes that.