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We welcome the Government’s tough new measures to crack down on eco-idiots

Time to stick it to the glue  rabble

BRITAIN has had enough of the mayhem created by eco-idiots.

For too long these zealots have got away with on hardworking Britons trying to earn a living.

We welcome the Government’s new measures to crack down on militant eco-idiots
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We welcome the Government’s new measures to crack down on militant eco-idiotsCredit: PA

This mob has held up ambulances taking patients to hospital and stopped grieving families from attending the funerals of loved ones.

They have been laughing at the authorities and exploiting laws established to allow legitimate protest.

So we welcome the Government’s tough new measures to crack down on these militants.

As Policing Minister Chris Philp says, the country cannot be held to ransom by a tiny minority who glue themselves to roads or deface works of art.

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The Public Order Bill will give cops more powers to keep our motorways and streets clear.

But they must be used to the full.

Peaceful protest is one thing, and we don’t deny that climate change is a huge concern.

But by blocking ambulances and fire engines, these eco-anarchists endanger both lives and livelihoods.

Don’t forget Extinction Rebellion fanatics also attempted to silence the free press by blockading newspaper printworks.

And the Just Stop Oil rabble in their designer T-shirts have been given a free pass to cause as much chaos in London as they wanted.

Mr Philp is right to order the police to get much tougher.

Far too few troublemakers have been charged and convicted.

One protester boasted he had been arrested 22 times.

How can he still be walking the streets, free to carry on disrupting the lives of others?

Law-abiding workers struggling to earn a crust must come first.

No Andy pander

PRINCE Andrew knows the rules.

So why is he throwing a wobbly over losing his state-funded protection team when he is no longer a working royal?

Andrew is throwing a wobbly over losing his state-funded protection team
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Andrew is throwing a wobbly over losing his state-funded protection teamCredit: Getty

The Duke of York was stripped of his frontline public duties in the wake of the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal.

He should no longer expect the Home Office to provide round-the-clock bodyguards now he is living a gilded life of leisure as a private citizen.

It cannot be right that taxpayers should pick up the bill for elite cops to accompany him when he makes luxury trips, such as his recent jaunt to Bahrain.

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It was once reported that the pampered Prince once ordered his protection officers to retrieve his stray golf balls.

Sorry, Andrew. You’ll just have to pick them up yourself now.

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