‘Your shoes are made of rubber’: Lorry passenger tells Just Stop Oil …
An incensed HGV passenger held up by Just Stop Oil (JSO) protesters[1] blocking traffic scolded them for wearing clothes manufactured from oil.
About 20 eco activists dressed in orange Hi-Vis vests and holding banners assembled in the middle of a road near Blackheath, south-east London, from 8 am this morning, as part of the group’s slow walk protests across the capital[2].
Footage shows a standoff between demonstrators[3] holding signs saying “End the fossil fuel era now[4]” and a queue of lorries jostling to drive around them.
One HGV passenger, whose vehicle was forced to inch into another lane to get past the protesters, rolled down his window and said: “What are your clothes, what are your shoes, mate? Rubber! Made from f—–g oil!”
Activists[5] who were blocking roads at Gunnersbury Avenue in Ealing, west London, were moved on by police shortly before 9 am, but they later caused further disruption to rush-hour traffic at busy hotspots, Mail Online reports.
A mass of slow-moving cyclists made their way down Grosvenor Place in Victoria, near Hyde Park, covering the entire road, leaving taxis, buses and other vehicles stuck behind them.
Police removed them from the road at about 9.30 am.
Just Stop Oil activists block traffic with a slow walk protest on the A2 at Blackheath Common, south London
Credit: George Cracknell Wright
Slow-moving[6] cyclists[7] were also intercepted by police at Marble Arch, with officers clearing the road by 8.20 am.
The activist group also protested on East India Dock Road, Poplar, shortly before 11 am and police moved them on within about 10 minutes.
Today’s action follows an incident on Thursday, when a pair of furious scaffolders rugby tackled JSO protesters[8] who were blocking traffic on a central London road.
Climate activists[9] have marched through roads in Chelsea, Hammersmith and Westminster, holding placards with messages such as “New Oil = Murder” and “We won’t die quietly”.
References
- ^ Just Stop Oil (JSO) protesters (www.telegraph.co.uk)
- ^ protests across the capital (www.telegraph.co.uk)
- ^ demonstrators (www.telegraph.co.uk)
- ^ End the fossil fuel era now (www.telegraph.co.uk)
- ^ Activists (www.telegraph.co.uk)
- ^ Slow-moving (www.telegraph.co.uk)
- ^ cyclists (www.telegraph.co.uk)
- ^ a pair of furious scaffolders rugby tackled JSO protesters (www.telegraph.co.uk)
- ^ Climate activists (www.telegraph.co.uk)