A lot of this now is down to the practicalities. I don’t think the authorities are able to prevent these actions, so all that is left is reaction. The debate is probably about how to react. These protestors are completely wrong in what they are doing, yet ultimately it is for the right reasons. That is going to mean quite a supply of people prepared to be martyrs for their cause. I imagine we will enter a race between gathering intelligence and attempting prevention, and the numbers willing to continue to protest.
The way they're lying back down in the road after they've already been moved and cars are going through, someone will get hurt, and it'll be the fault of the people trying to clear the road.
A shame the public have to intervene, but that's what it's come to. If it's true there was an ambulance trying to get through then that's stupidity to the extreme. These people are doing far more harm to their cause than good now.
As for the poor lady pleading to get to her sick mother in Canterbury they just didn't care did they.
A shame the public have to intervene, but that's what it's come to. If it's true there was an ambulance trying to get through then that's stupidity to the extreme. These people are doing far more harm to their cause than good now.
As for the poor lady pleading to get to her sick mother in Canterbury they just didn't care did they.
Your mum might die but you need to understand our plight.
Where they are blocking is around a mile from a large Ambulance base for all sorts of different responses such as the Hazardous Area Response Team, so although not an actual Ambulance it’s a busy area for service vehicles on blue lights.
A shame the public have to intervene, but that's what it's come to. If it's true there was an ambulance trying to get through then that's stupidity to the extreme. These people are doing far more harm to their cause than good now.
As for the poor lady pleading to get to her sick mother in Canterbury they just didn't care did they.
Your mum might die but you need to understand our plight.
A certain someone on here is waiting to say 'it's just daily mail trope' & 'diddums, people are delayed for a little bit'
Bloke just tried to get through a gap before they moved over, but it won't be long before someone short-tempered does drive at them, or someone knocks one of them out.
Great work by the blokes who pulled these idiot demonstraters away.
But you watch. I bet one of these demonstrators who got pulled aside makes a complaint to the police and our effing useless police force, sorry service, actually prosecutes those who pulled the demonstrators aside for assault.
Bloke just tried to get through a gap before they moved over, but it won't be long before someone short-tempered does drive at them, or someone knocks one of them out.
It's trouble waiting to happen.
It will undoubtedly turn nasty at some stage - somebody will lose it.
Sometimes in the past a person can be found guilty in a court and a wise judge can issue a fine of something like 1p. If a person dragging a protestor away is prosecuted I would hope (if it went to a jury trial) they are found not guilty whatever the weight of evidence. Or if no jury trial a decent judge issues a 1p fine.
Sometimes in the past a person can be found guilty in a court and a wise judge can issue a fine of something like 1p. If a person dragging a protestor away is prosecuted I would hope (if it went to a jury trial) they are found not guilty whatever the weight of evidence. Or if no jury trial a decent judge issues a 1p fine.
Honestly I really do suspect some measure of black ops here. Run the most unpopular protest campaign ever, leading to a severe government crackdown, setting a precedent for future protests. I know, never ascribe to malice what can be explained by stupidity, but...
Sometimes in the past a person can be found guilty in a court and a wise judge can issue a fine of something like 1p. If a person dragging a protestor away is prosecuted I would hope (if it went to a jury trial) they are found not guilty whatever the weight of evidence. Or if no jury trial a decent judge issues a 1p fine.
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I don’t think the authorities are able to prevent these actions, so all that is left is reaction.
The debate is probably about how to react.
These protestors are completely wrong in what they are doing, yet ultimately it is for the right reasons.
That is going to mean quite a supply of people prepared to be martyrs for their cause.
I imagine we will enter a race between gathering intelligence and attempting prevention, and the numbers willing to continue to protest.
https://twitter.com/lbcnews/status/1444930120238649344?s=24
https://twitter.com/talkradio/status/1444935063075016704?s=21
The way they're lying back down in the road after they've already been moved and cars are going through, someone will get hurt, and it'll be the fault of the people trying to clear the road.
As for the poor lady pleading to get to her sick mother in Canterbury they just didn't care did they.
It's trouble waiting to happen.
But you watch. I bet one of these demonstrators who got pulled aside makes a complaint to the police and our effing useless police force, sorry service, actually prosecutes those who pulled the demonstrators aside for assault.
If a person dragging a protestor away is prosecuted I would hope (if it went to a jury trial) they are found not guilty whatever the weight of evidence. Or if no jury trial a decent judge issues a 1p fine.