Hello Matt,I do not think anybody believes that XR are the first people in the world to block roads.I do not agree with that strategy one iota; perhaps I would say, in no uncertain terms, it is disingenuous to believe those actions will help any course; on the contrary.One thing is to block, say, Trafalgar Square (people can avoid this), but the M25???? As was mentioned before, there was a doctor stuck in the tailback and was late to reach his hospital and see his patients. Another example was a lady stuck in the tailback and was going to be late for her cancer treatment. I do not think that these examples are to be poo-pooed. I am sure there are other examples just as harrowing.I know that it is not XR doing this but, in all honesty, whoever it is, has lost all its credibility and worse; people are going off Insulate Britain (and XR in the rebound) ideas. It is time for climate change activists to understand that not all people using the M25 do so to go on holiday or just to have a nose. There are critical reasons as to why people, emergency services, lorries and vans use the M25. I hope I do not need to spell them out.Do we need to take action to combat climate change? No dispute. But do so by encouraging alternative means of transport (cycling is not allowed on the M25), incorporating more public transport (from east to west for example) and make it affordable. Use trains as means of long-distance distribution (the ludicrous example of a refrigerated lorry transporting Scottish fish and seafood to be exported via Heathrow). But disruptions like those on the M25 are, in all honesty, despicable and counter productive.Apologies for this long response.
Ivonne Holliday ● 1369d