M25 driver ‘will never forgive’ Just Stop Oil as he misses dad funeral

Tony Bambury said he will “never, ever forget” Just Stop Oil for preventing him to attend his father’s funeral due to the organisation’s actions that have disrupted traffic this week. Tony was among the hundreds of commuters brought to a standstill on Monday, as the climate activists climbed up gantries on the M25 motorway. Despite the police intervention, Tony was gridlocked on the motorway and unable to bid a final farewell to his father.Recounting his tragic story, the caller Tony Bambury told BBC Radio Essex: “I was actually due to be a pallbearer on my father’s coffin along with my son, ad we both got that taken away from us. “There was a sense of ‘How dare they?’ How dare they have the lack of forethought to say: ‘I’ll tell you what we’re going to do, we’re going to block these roads and be damned everybody else. “By doing this, this civil disruption, you don’t raise people to your cause. You actually alienate yourselves on this.”There’s nothing that we could’ve done.” Tony Bambury said he missed his father’s funeral because of Just stop Oil (Image: TWITTER/@JustStop_Oil) Just Stop Oil activists have climbed up gantries on the M25 since Monday (Image: TWITTER/@JustStop_Oil)Despite the Met police’s arrest of 16 protesters on Monday followed by 20 more on Tuesday, hundreds of drivers were victims of the Just Stop Oil’s protests.”But someone that I don’t know has taken that ability for me to say farewell to my father away from me,” Tony said.”I actually said a few choice words, as I mentioned, on their Twitter page.”Nothing’s come back to me saying: ‘We’re so terribly sorry for what happened’.”And if they did, I would tell them to stick it where the sun doesn’t shine because frankly, there’s nothing these people can say to make it any better in my eyes.”READ MORE: Susanna Reid ruthlessly ends interview with Stop Oil protestor Tony Bambury blamed Just Stop Oil activists for missing his father’s funeral (Image: TWITTER/@JustStop_Oil) At least 36 climate activists have been arrested since Monday (Image: TWITTER/@JustStop_Oil)”And I will never, ever forgive these people for what they have done to me,” Tony concluded. About 10 Just Stop Oil protesters have once more climbed up gantries above the M25 motorway for a third day in a row despite more than 36 arrests on Monday and Tuesday. A roads policing officer was hurt after a lorry smashed into a roadblock put in place where the protest was staged earlier on Wednesday. The collision caused a partial road closure between J26 and J27, further delaying the commuter’s journey.BJ Harrington, chief constable of Essex Police, told The Telegraph he was “devastated” that the officer was hurt on Wednesday responding to the climate activists’ latest motorway stunt. DON’T MISS:M25 blocked again as Just Stop Oil activist scales gantry [REPORT]    French politician says he ‘understands’ eco-zealots attacking works of [REPORT]    GB News host challenges Just Stop Oil protester over criminal offences [REPORT]     Activist Louise started crying on top of a gantry when she explained why she was protesting (Image: TWITTER/@JustStop_Oil)He put the blame on the protesters, saying “nobody’s responsible” for the officer’s injury “other than Just Stop Oil”. The Government is working to give police more powers to tackle disruption from protest action, Downing Street has said. Reacting to the accident, Home Secretary Suella Braverman condemned the group’s “guerilla tactics” and expressed her “thoughts and best wishes” to the injured officer. The police chief warned the consequences in the future could be even worse, as he said “it is only a matter of time before someone gets killed.”I just want to really stress the point that Just Stop Oil are putting lives at risk,” he said. “It’s not an awful situation, it’s a criminal situation.”READ NEXT:GB News host challenges Just Stop Oil protester over criminal offencesFurious commuters slams Just Stop Oil over ‘absolute carnage’ on M25Just Stop Oil activist defends M25 shutdown – ‘Take action to survive’M25 at standstill near Dartford Crossing over Just Stop Oil protestsIain Dale slams ‘ridiculous’ video of tearful Just Stop Oil protester