The police have told drivers not to “directly intervene” with anti-oil campaigners who blocked two roads in east London on their 30th day of protest.
Just Stop Oil’s protests began on October 1 when the group urged the government to halt new fossil fuel projects. Their actions have led to confrontations with drivers, who have tried to get them off the road.
On Saturday protesters’ “deliberate tactics” stopped traffic on four roads in central London and Matt Twist, an assistant commissioner, said that he understood the “frustration and anger” felt by drivers. “They are affecting people’s businesses, their lives, whether they are on their way to a doctor, a long-awaited hospital appointment, on their way to work, to interviews or to collect children. I know
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