to support this coach driver?

[blueskybees]

Sorry, but I do! He just kept slowly driving through them. I'm heartily tired of the bully boy tactics of Just Stop Oil thinking they can rely on people not to keep driving at them. I'm so glad he called their bluff. Also glad it was Scotland. They are pretty hardy there and take nae shite!

I love the way the protestors seem genuinely outraged at being put at 'risk' even though they are choosing to sit in front of his bus....

Good work that man.
JSO are a bunch of clowns.

He hardly "rams" them does he?

They are choosing to sit in the road in front of a moving bus.

He was silly, but I hope he doesn't lose his job.

If they targeted the Houses of Parliament and inconvenienced our government they'd have more success maybe.

How does targeting the public make any difference except most people thinking they are dickheads.

Can't get past them stopping emergency services. Selfish arseholes the lot of them

Aren't they getting a bit mixed up? How is that going to stop Oil?

I hope he is. You can’t just go round attempting to run people over, there was no threat to his safety so there is no defence he could use if eg a protestor tripped and was crushed. He will get paid all the same if he had not tried to force his way through.

This is why JSO get the criticism they do though. In this scenario they try to stop a working class man, who probably isn't being paid very much, from doing his job. That man will probably be fired now and may even get a criminal record. That man likely has children and grand children who rely upon his wage.

Do JSO think about that before they pull these stunts? No. Because they'll never have to do these kind of jobs themselves, will they?

Agree the you tube video I've seen of a mum and taxi driver verifying it that they're taking a baby to hospital and yet STILL they are blocking it is horrendous. Although last thread this was discussed on, a poster said it (the blockade) was justified as it was probably only a routine appointment...

It was a protest against asylum seekers being housed on a barge.....in Dorset 😏

I’m not understanding the jso posts either.
I saw the clip on the news earlier, it’s not JSO.

It is. They are identified and quotes saying they are just stop oil.

We the public.

He wasn't silly. He was lawfully going about his job. JSO are stupid.

Why were JSO involved? Is it because the barge was previously used by oil workers?

He didn't assault anyone. He just made them
uncomfortable and made a lot of people's day - including mine.

In the early days of protest ambulances couldn't get past these self righteous morons. People desperately in need of hospital attention just had to lie there hoping someone could shift the protesters out of the way. The thing that angered me most was that the police did nothing. They could have made those morons sit on the grass verge instead of the road.

Even saying he rammed them seems an exaggeration. The word implies speed to me, but he drove very slowly. He obviously wasn't trying to hurt these idiots, just to get through.

I saw a video of them stopping someone driving a Tesla the other day... But let the petrol/diesel cars continue 🙈

@Time4TERF totally agree with you . I support their cause not their tactics and I hate that floating death warehouse thing our country is sticking asylum seekers in. It's vile.

If you stand in the road you’re asking to get run over, they obviously need to learn the green cross code!

its never a good idea to sit in the road either, it’s no place to have a picnic.

Kudos to that driver!! He had a timetable to keep to, as I'm sure some of his passengers had, too!
Those IDIOTS are a danger to themselves and others. Their sponsor has even pulled out, realising it's not working!!!

They are very much relying on people's goodwill here.

At some point, someone is going to snap and people are going to die. If you create a dangerous situation, you can't then whine that it is dangerous.

Nah.

If he's raising funds for a lawyer I'd happily donate.

Because in reality they’re just a bunch of work-shy, entitled, rent-a-protesters. They’ll join in with whatever cause enables them to display their moral superiority. Twats.

I think people should be expected to take reasonable care of themselves.
If you actively choose not to, the consequences are on you.
If you step in front of a moving car without looking, the driver is not responsible for the accident.
I put this in the same category. If you see a moving vehicle and still choose to stand in front of it, it’s on you.

My insurance won’t pay out if I leave my door unlocked as I have not taken reasonable care.