Protesters on the QE II Bridge

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?

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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.

GrannyGravy13

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.

So now they are not content with causing havoc to drivers trying to go about their business, they want other people to risk their lives getting them down unbelievable!

As I said, closing the bridge was a knee-jerk reaction and not thought through, because they had no idea how long they would stay up there. They should have kept the bridge open and ignored them.

Mr Trowland added: "We're disrupting the economy and the government can't tolerate the country being disrupted.
"We're going to occupy this for as long as we can."
He said the police were in control of the bridge and the group had not blocked any roads.

Mr Trowland is the bridge designer up there. So they are deliberately disrupting the economy, when the country is suffering from a collapsed pound already. Then trying weasel words to escape punishment. It's blackmail pure and simple, do what we want or we'll cause havoc.

Definitely leave them up there, slow the traffic and get things moving.

Chestnut

I'd like to know what other countries would do if they had 'protestors' doing the same thing. Would they close the Brooklyn Bridge or the Golden Gate Bridge if this happened? If not then it would be a non-event and wouldn't make the news.

You know the capitol of Canada was gridlocked and shut down for a month, yes?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_convoy_protest

After two days of disruption, re-open the bridge and just ignore these two menaces to society.

Like other posters have already said, people have missed funerals, hospital appointments, job interviews, trains and flights.

Enough disruption has been caused, time to move on.

Chestnut

The expert is about to educate us with her profound knowledge and experience of everything we know nothing about.

Oh Jeez! Does she really have to!

Can’t we import some French police with their truncheons? I am sure the correct documentation can be arranged.

Why don't the police just leave them up there let the traffic flow over the bridge they will soon get down if they see being ignored sod the health safety it was thier choice