Breaking: Just Stop Oil Protester Attacked by Partner of Pregnant Woman 🛑

It was the same bloke who Bairstow carried off at Lords.

It was only a matter of time until this turned violent

These people are an abomination.

Where were the police?

The planet is burning. We need to stop using fossil fuels. Regions that are usually subject to drought have suffered extremely violent rainfall, as in California last winter.

North Africa, Portugal,Spain and Italy as well as south eastern France are experiencing extreme temperatures. the droughts last year in Spain mean that there will be s shortage of olive oil later this year.

The oceans are warming and so ocean life is suffering.

It is possible that the young woman in the video was on her way to hospital, but that's not what she said. looking at the video is seems that her partner pulled out into the other lane and was hit by an oncoming vehicle. Not the best thing to to when there is a jam caused by a demonstration.

Dinahmo I agree.
I don’t doubt that humans are in terrible trouble.
I don’t doubt climate change.
I just can’t see the way forward here

And causing traffic jams deliberately is not going to help the planet one jot.

eazybee

And causing traffic jams deliberately is not going to help the planet one jot.

It’s a mess isn’t it.
It can’t be long before someone is killed.
And as I said before, where are the police?

I agree Dinahmo but these people don’t help their cause - quite the reverse. Perhaps they would like to go to China to protest about their use of fossil fuels. I’m not the only one here who has got the message but what are people who are dependent on oil and gas, even electricity, for heating supposed to do whilst these wretched protestors are stopping them from getting to work or attending vital appointments, for chemo for instance? If you live in the sticks you have little choice for heating, cooking and fuel for your car. I don’t need persuading about climate change but I have to live and to get to appointments. Many others have to get to work. And emergency services have to reach those in need. These ridiculous protests achieve nothing to halt climate change. Absolutely nothing,

Just watched the video and someone very soon is going to drive through the line.
The tolerance of the motorists is amazing.

GSM the hospital appointment thing makes me despair.
I really don’t have any words to express it.
I’m sure that everyone feels the same way
I can only be grateful that it hasn’t happened to me

eazybee

Just watched the video and someone very soon is going to drive through the line.
The tolerance of the motorists is amazing.

Someone is going to die soon

I agree Fanny. I’m thankful that I haven’t been prevented from attending a potentially life-saving appointment (or indeed, thank God, needed one) but so many have, and doctors and surgeons have been prevented from getting to work. Ambulances have been delayed. How can this help their cause? They absolutely don’t care about ‘collateral damage’, people’s lives and livelihoods.

No they don't GSM. What's the point of caring about the planet when you don't care about the people who inhabit it.

Indeed Smiles. All they’re interested in is their cause.

I'm very pleased that I've not ever ended up behind these idiots.

Patience may be a virtue but I don't have any.

Good job the Suffragettes were so non-disruptive.

And the person to blame for violent attacks is always the attacker, not the victim. Unless, perhaps, one is punching a Nazi.

So presumably you think these tactics are ok?

Listening to the victim I was struck at how charming , empathetic and non-confrontational he is.

He could give a few GNs a lesson.

I’d have joined the boyfriend if I’d been there 😡
These people are causing untold misery. ))7

MerylStreep

I’d have joined the boyfriend if I’d been there 😡
These people are causing untold misery. ))7

Yes the victim understood the sheer frustration, apparently the person who kicked him in the head had just had a car crash and the victim said he thought that the perpetrator must be very stressed.

Siope

Good job the Suffragettes were so non-disruptive.

And the person to blame for violent attacks is always the attacker, not the victim. Unless, perhaps, one is punching a Nazi.

You wouldn't know a Nazi if you bumped into one. Or is it that you are one of a number that equates that awful term with people who just don't agree with you.

The victim said that he won’t be reporting the violence to the police because he wouldn’t want the perpetrator to suffer any consequences.

Whitewavemark2

The victim said that he won’t be reporting the violence to the police because he wouldn’t want the perpetrator to suffer any consequences.

Perhaps they are beginning to realise that they haven’t got the support of the general public.

We all know global warming is real, so many of us are doing what we can.

The U.K.’s contributions to it is insignificant compared to other industrialised countries.

The sad thing is that climate change is such a vitally important subject and the protesters are doing nothing to help. The way they are approaching it is just turning people against them, including people who would otherwise support them.