JSO prevent a mum taking her baby to hospital.

[TRexTara]

I don't know what these people think they are achieving. I think the mum was in a cab which looks like an electric car anyway, they refuse to let her get past.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/23127608/furious-mum-screams-baby-hospital-just-stop-oil/?utmcampaign=nativeeshare&utmsource=sharebarrnative&utmmedium=sharebarr_native

@TRexTara " Whenever I have seen a group like Let Women Speak protest (never been in person) they have always thought it through and planned ahead of time, gotten relevant permits, had a safeguarding plan in case of problems, especially during covid, but these idiots are causing big problems here and have no plan of action. "

And the likes of JSO/XR are probably the same abusive so and so's that turn up to the LWS events, shouting and disrupting! Middle class, narcissistic, hypocritical scumbags and assorted soap dodging commies!

Also this is turning into a bit of a class issue, I'm not surprised! They have absolutely no compassion for ordinary working class people who are just trying to live their lives.

For what it's worth, I don't drive, never have, rarely get taxis and in the last 15 years I've been on a plane once to get to a close relatives funeral.

I suggest you watch the video before you suggest that, as it shows why that isn't an option.

@EpicChaos Absolutely!

I'm guessing you either haven't seen the video or missed the bit that shows the barrier preventing anyone from going into the oncoming lane.

Sorry you are so angry. I really wasn't lecturing you, just saying my feeling. Sorry it has made you so upset.

I don’t understand why the police aren’t arresting them and dragging them off? They can do that when they want, ie round the coronation or the state opening of parliament. They have the power and legal right.

Well they pick and choose don't they? How many times has KJK been arrested now just for speaking her mind in a safe way in public? It's a joke.

Then why not turn round and take another route? There are two clear lanes to the left of the queue of cars, I'm sure other cars could have moved over to allow the taxi out if need be.

These oil protesters are beaten up and dragged by burly men like animals on some video recordings ...not nice for anyone involved

I don't see a barrier, I see a small kerb which could be driven over in an emergency?

Right. So mum and baby in the far right lane could have driven through the iron post barrier set in concrete buffers to do an illegal U-turn and get to the other side of the road where oncoming traffic WAS in fact driving. Brilliant idea. And do you think a critically ill or injured newborn baby is going to survive the collision G forces and impact needed to blast through the iron barricade?

Bit random to think this was possible

The traffic was stuck no side streets

Me too. And it's not right but this is the effect that their smug, self satisfying faces have on people. Utterly counter productive. Yes we should have the right to protest but these protests are counter productive and alienating people. Also people have the right to go about their daily life and get their kids to hospital without some fucking entitled prick blocking their way.

I have watched the video. There are two clear lanes of traffic to the right of the queue of cars which appears to be separated only by a kerb.

Those aren’t the lanes of the road. That’s a residential parking area to the left of the ASDA van and white car and the grassy/trees barrier.

There are only barriers near the traffic lights, as far as I can see from the video.

And people don't seem to care about illegality when revelling in the idea of running these people over. A U-turn seems the lesser of two evils, but that's just me.

I used left incorrectly. It was my left in the video but would have been to the right of the traffic jams direction of travel.

Yanbu.
If I ruled the world you'd be legally allowed to just run them over.

No. Watch to the end. The barrier runs the entire length of the road.

A Woman and her sick baby are nothing to the saviours of this world. That is because JSO personnel don't actually care about people at all. They have principles; they have an ideology. They will sacrifice anyone to their principles, even a sickly newborn and a frantic young mother and feel perfectly justified.

Don't agree with anyone being beaten up in most circumstances. But the smug way they stand there like they are Jesus and get to decide, I'm sorry but if you are a working tradesman and self employed, you just won't get paid if you don't turn up to the job on time or get paid half. So I understand the rage. Also the video I mentioned where the guys car was smashed up. He will probably have to pay for most of that or it will increase his insurance.

In this situation, they are putting a child's life and well being at risk, all the posts about it probably wasn't an emergency, well we don't know that, more importantly, neither did they!

We are already experiencing train strikes right now so the only way some people have to get to get to work is by car.

Also someone said that a few of the cars they are stopping were electric anyway 🤷🏼‍♀️

If you are going to do such a dangerous thing as stopping traffic, you need to have a plan in place for emergency. Otherwise you are just being an obnoxious wanker.

Grr website is not letting me attach screenshots from the video showing the barrier.

Upset? upset? i'm incandescent is what i am! You might not think you're lecturing but that's exactly how you come across.
I've seen what grinding poverty does to people, their families and their communities. The dependencies on alcohol/drugs in an effort to escape even for a short time, the crushing feelings of hopelessness when there's no work, when the poverty has led to love flying out the window and divorce coming in through the door, splitting families and resulting in heavier spirals into drug/alcohol abuse and then homelessness quite often. I've seen it play out many times, far too many times to sit here and have a bunch of hypocrites lecture me while they're stopping people getting to their work so that they can put food on the table and clothes on the backs of their kids. Are you going to fully financially support them if they lose their jobs thanks to JSO/XR getting them sacked for bad timekeeping? Are you/they? No i bet you hot foot it away then.

The report you’ve linked to doesn’t say what you claim it says though.