[News] Fuel price protests set for M54 and M6 today with hundreds expected to join

Stat Brother said:

Please feel sorry for me

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2...ivers-on-the-soaring-petrol-and-diesel-prices

I have to commute from Cornwall to London.



Seemingly 13 arrested for closing motorways.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62034278


But remember folks this is completely different.

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Kinky Gerbils said:

“The go-slow action mainly targeted three-lane motorways with convoys of vehicles crawling along two lanes - leaving the "fast" outside lane free”

The Other protests blocked the roads completely, which included blocking emergency services

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Stat Brother said:

Both shut down stretches of motorway blocking emergency services.

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Brovion said:

I don't disagree (and as I know you're a lorry driver directly affected by this your opinion on this carries more weight than those of us who just pontificate). Also I will grudgingly accept that at least the protest 'venue' (the motorways) was relevant and wasn't just picked as an easy target and as a place to simply cause maximum disruption. But my point stands. Pissing off ordinary people really doesn't help, and indeed plays right into the government hands. For all the people who say it's for an excellent cause and for the greater good there are those of us who rage at the disruption. We turn on each other, and the people who can make the difference look on untroubled. Go and blockade 10 Downing Street, Westminster, Johnson's home, Carrie's yoga class, Sunak's servants, etc. Irritate them, not us.

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Stat Brother said:

Both shut down stretches of motorway blocking emergency services.

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