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Transport bosses are seeking two more injunctions to curb Insulate Britain – despite similar court orders failing to stop the group causing travel chaos.
Motorist bodies yesterday called for the police to take more robust action against the eco-group as it blocked three motorways around London.
The cumbersome response to the activists has caused a simmering row between the Home Office and Department for Transport, which is leading the legal action.
Members of the group have so far ignored an injunction that was granted last month, aimed at preventing demonstrations on the M25.
They once again targeted the motorway yesterday on the group’s tenth day of protests in three weeks, while also grinding traffic to a halt on the M4 close to Heathrow and the M1.
Car users reacted furiously as activists glued themselves to the road while some chained themselves together using bicycle locks.
Videos showed one irate driver grabbing banners from those sat on the road before ripping them up.
Motorist bodies yesterday called for the police to take more robust action against Insulate Britain as it blocked three motorways around London (pictured)
Insulate Britain said that eight protesters had been released from police
