Insulate Britain tell motorists to avoid using M25 tomorrow

Insulate Britain tell motorists to avoid using M25 tomorrow
Insulate Britain tell motorists to avoid using M25 tomorrow

Insulate Britain today urged drivers not to use the M25 as they threatened to bring chaos to the motorway once again tomorrow with a series of road blockades.

The environmental campaigners also asked police to refuse to arrest them and warned their 'non-violent civil resistance' will restart on the road from 7am tomorrow.

Insulate Britain added that if motorists do still choose to use the M25 tomorrow then their speed should be 'reduced to 20 mph to minimise the risk of accidents'.

It comes after the London-based activists were effectively banned from all major roads in England yesterday following a landmark High Court ruling.

The protesters have brought chaos to motorways and A roads over the last six weeks with hundreds of arrests made – but the Metropolitan Police has still charged no one.

In their latest demonstration, the eco-zealots brought parts of London to a standstill once again yesterday - several of them glueing their hands, feet or faces to roads.

Insulate Britain activists once again caused chaos in London yesterday as they brought traffic traffic to a standstill on Bishopsgate near Liverpool Street station

Insulate Britain activists once again caused chaos in London yesterday as they brought traffic traffic to a standstill on Bishopsgate near Liverpool Street station

An Insulate Britain spokesman said today: 'In light of a national injunction covering England's highways, Insulate Britain has declared the M25 a site of nonviolent civil resistance and called for motorway traffic to be slowed.

'You can't imprison a flood, there are no unlimited fines against a famine, you can't bankrupt a fire. You can imprison the ordinary people of Britain, yet the lives of our children and those of all future generations hang in the balance.

Three requests made by Insulate Britain 

Insulate Britain has issued three requests ahead of its M25 protests restarting tomorrow at 7am. They are:

'People do not use the M25, or if they do, speeds are reduced to 20 mph to minimise the risk of accidents.' 'The Highway agency acts on its responsibilities to keep the public safe by enforcing this speed limit.' 'The police refuse to arrest us, as we are upholding the British constitution and they have a duty to refuse to obey any government that fails to uphold its first and most important responsibility: the protection of people in Britain.'

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'By refusing to insulate Britain's homes, our government is also condemning thousands to death through fuel poverty this winter, while countless families will once again be cold and hungry.

'We are not concerned with endless injunctions. We are not concerned with our fears. We are concerned with fulfilling our duties and responsibilities at this 'period of consequence'.'

The group added that the M25 will 'become a place of nonviolent civil resistance to stop our government committing crimes against humanity' from 7am tomorrow.

The Insulate Britain spokesman continued: 'This government, our government, is actively pursuing policies that will lead to the destruction of our country due to climate catastrophe.

'In a free society, citizens have the right and a duty to rebel against plans which will knowingly result in the deaths of millions.

'Insulate Britain acknowledges the inconvenience and irritation we are causing to the public in our campaign, we ask that you understand that the days of disruption are necessary to force a government to fulfil its most basic of duties to protect and defend its people.

'Insulate Britain considers the UK Government to be in treasonous betrayal of this country.'

The group has set out three demands – the first being that people 'do not use the M25, or if they do, speeds are reduced to 20 mph to minimise the risk of accidents'.

Protesters from Insulate Britain block a road near Canary Wharf in East London yesterday

Protesters from Insulate Britain block a road near Canary Wharf in East London yesterday

Climate activists from Insulate Britain are pulled off the road near Southwark Bridge yesterday

Climate activists from Insulate Britain are pulled off the road near Southwark Bridge yesterday

The second is that National Highways 'acts on its responsibilities to keep the public safe by enforcing this speed limit'.

Insulate Britain: How activists have made a mockery of the law

September 13 - 78 Insulate Britain protesters arrested after blocking junctions 3, 6, 14, 20 and 31 of the M25

September 15 - More than 50 protesters arrested after targeting junctions 1, 8, 9 and 23 of the M25

September 17 - 48 protesters arrested after targeting junctions 3, 9 and 28 of the M25, as well as the M3

September 20 - 29 protesters are arrested after blocking the M25 at junctions 4 and 18, as well as the A1

September 21 - Protesters risk death by running into moving traffic to block the carriageway near Junction 10. Some 38 arrests are made. National Highways obtains an injunction against further protests on the M25

September 22 - Protesters burn copies of the injunction outside the Home Office, blocking the road outside the ministry. No arrests are made

September 24 - 39 protesters arrested after blocking roads at three locations in Dover. They are all released under investigation. National Highways obtains a second injunction covering Dover.

September 27 - 53 protesters are arrested for blocking a slip road at Junction 14 of the M25. They are all released under investigation.

September 28 - National Highways says it is taking 'legal advice' over how to enforce its injunction

September 29 - 27 protesters are arrested for blocking a roundabout at Junction 3 of the M25 on two occasions

September 30 - Protesters return to junction 30 at Thurrock in Essex, and nine are arrested

October 1: The group block the M4 at junction 3, the M1 at junction 1 and M25 at junction 25. Some 39 arrests

October 2: Third injunction bans them from obstructing traffic and access to motorways and major A roads in and around London 

October 4: 38 arrests after protesters block three major roads in London - the Blackwall Tunnel, Wandsworth Bridge and A40 and North Circular at Hanger Lane. 

October 8: 19 arrested over protest at Old Street roundabout and a further 16 on the M25 at junction 24. Transport for London gets a High Court injunction to ban them from

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