Protesters on the QE II Bridge

They know there is no safe way to forcibly remove them. They're putting two fingers up to the authorities, and more so to the ordinary people whose lives are being severely disrupted. They don't give a moments care for those who have been waiting months for hospital appointments whose health could be seriously impacted. The people who only get paid for the hours they work, who will struggle to pay bills and feed their children. People who are missing out on milestones we all mark in life. They planned this event and I would bet my house on they're not missing a funeral, a hospital appointment. I hope they can be subject to the fullest prosecution when they eventually come down, with a punishment to match. The cost of this self-satisfied exercise will be enormous.

It does kind of make a mockery of the idea that teachers give their all to their career, putting in extra hours and so on...

Oops doesn't mean to say there *aren't .....

Perhaps they could take up one extinction rebellion protestor, and glue one on to each hammock.
Two birds with one stone.

I'm not sure whether if is half term in Kent, but my friend breaks up tomorrow. Even so, that doesn't mean to say there still are holiday clubs and activities running at schools.
If the person up there is a teacher and absenting themselves from work, then sack them.

MissAdventure

Surely they could have thought of some other way to make their point?

Why arent they outside foodbanks, with banners, and donations and leaflets?

I could not agree more. These protesters seem to go out of their way to alienate people.

grannypiper

MerylStreep

Summerlove

MerylStreep

What a shame it’s quite warm today with little wind blowing ?

What a nasty comment.

Summerlove
You’ll get no apology from me. I mean every word I say.
I have a foolproof idea but that’s between me and my friends who feel as I do.

What is nasty about that comment ? Saying they should use them as target practise would be a tad on the nasty side

No, it's not nasty,
I expect they checked the weather forecast anyway.

I’m sure all of us do want to halt climate change, what would be really good ways to protest?

Motorists will ignore them soon enough if they re-open the bridge. People are intent on getting to work, school, hospital appointments, caring for the sick, visiting family.
Leave them there, they'll become unnoticeable in the end which is the opposite to their intentions.

MerylStreep

Summerlove

MerylStreep

What a shame it’s quite warm today with little wind blowing ?

What a nasty comment.

Summerlove
You’ll get no apology from me. I mean every word I say.
I have a foolproof idea but that’s between me and my friends who feel as I do.

What is nasty about that comment ? Saying they should use them as target practise would be a tad on the nasty side

Surely they could have thought of some other way to make their point?

Why arent they outside foodbanks, with banners, and donations and leaflets?

They look rather snug in their hammocks.

Latest statement from them is they will not come down until they are forcibly removed.

They know that to do such a thing will put other lives in danger.

Will there be any repercussions when they do decide to come down, and why is the one who is a teacher not at their school
working as far as I know schools are not on half term yet
I live in this area and the bridge crossing is horrendous normally due the the convergence of various roads and the amount of traffic.

I had a hospital appt for this monday, but it was changed at the last minute to saturday just gone.

I'm so glad, now, because I have waited so long for it!

Undoubtedly, I'd say.
Just the normal volume of traffic causes a tailback every day.

MissAdventure

Meanwhile, our bin collections have been impacted, here, according to the nextdoor site.

The island must be gridlocked, I reckon.

MissA the traffic is busier than usual here, so maybe a problem on C*** Way?

Meanwhile, our bin collections have been impacted, here, according to the nextdoor site.

The island must be gridlocked, I reckon.

Septimia

I don't think the danger to people travelling below is confined to them being injured. Just think how awful it would be if someone fell onto your car. It would be a trauma that would be hard to recover from.

I'd be shocked if someone in my vehicle was injured because one of the protestors fell on it, yes, but motorway accidents can cause trauma anyway. It's a risk we take.

I don't see why the bridge can't be reopened to traffic at a reasonable speed.

They look safe enough up there in their cosy hammocks, leave them to it.
Keep calm and carry on.

And one of them is a teacher! I wonder how he feels about "unauthorised absence" when a child is taken out of school for a couple of days for a social purpose?

I spoke with an ex colleague today who lives in Essex (Hornchurch) and teaches over the bridge in Kent. The ridiculous upheaval is playing havoc with children and staff getting to school, thus disrupting the timetables and valuable teaching hours. How selfish are these 2 protestors to deny children their learning opportunities?

There is a video on YouTube (sorry I don’t know how to link it)
Showing how French Police deal with eco warriors who have glued their hands to the tarmac.
No chatting there they just get hold of them and pull their hands from the road remove them.
I don’t understand why the laws we need to give the police the power to remove these people take so long to get through parliament and get passed . It doesn’t seem to happen in other countries
Everyone should have the right to protest ,but when it comes to defacing and damaging property or prevent the public and
emergency services going about their lawful business then everything should be in place to deal with them.

In fact I would sue the protest group involved for the trauma and shock they had needlessly subjected me to.

I accept I am being hard, if someone landed on my car it would be a shock, but since I had no involvement in the accident, except for my car being on the bit of tarmac they would otherwise have landed on, then after the initial shock, I would soon recover. Whatever happened to the protestor would have happened even if the motorway was closed.

I don't think the danger to people travelling below is confined to them being injured. Just think how awful it would be if someone fell onto your car. It would be a trauma that would be hard to recover from.

Riverwalk When the protestors climbed the bridge, they knew they were undertaking a dangerous project that they might not survive. I have compared it in a previous pst with climbers attempting to climb Mount Everest.

Being stuck on the bridge with traffic running beneath them is just one of the risks. I appreciate the danger to motorists below, but that could be dealt with by a speed limit, perhaps 20mph, that would slow drivers sufficiently to reduce the accident risk, a regular presence of police would also help.