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Furious school run mum blasts ‘selfish’ Insulate Britain eco-mob blocking M25 AGAIN as ambulances stuck in London chaos
A FURIOUS school run mum has blasted a "selfish" mob of Insulate Britain protesters who blocked the M25 AGAIN.
Gormless eco zealots took over the junction 25 exit at Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire this morning, as the group brazenly defied another injunction meant to stop them from causing disruption.
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Meanwhile, a second set of protesters set up camp on the busy Old Street roundabout in Islington, blocking off inner-city ambulances from getting through.
One mum caught up in the huge queues on the M25 was seen taking aim at the banner-clutching demonstrators for making her daughter late to school.
The woman - who's school-uniform clad child was sat in the front seat - leaned out the window to call protesters "a disgrace, an absolute disgrace".
She blasted: "My daughter is late to school. You are messing with children's education because you are selfish."
In London, shocking images showed children's intensive care ambulance drivers speaking to police as they battled to break through the barricade of demonstrators on Old Street roundabout.
Furious commuters desperate to get to work beeped their horns as the demonstrators set up camp during rush hour.
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Insulate Britain said around 40 "ordinary people" have taken to the streets in two separate locations for the 12th day of travel chaos.
Police quickly rushed in to drag the gormless activists from the major roads this morning.
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Controversial group ringleader Liam Norton - who stormed off Good Morning Britain during a discussion about his own eco-habits - said the demonstrations will not stop soon.
He said: "We want to be clear, this campaign will continue until the government gives us a meaningful statement we can trust, if that happens we will get off the roads like a shot."
Transport secretary Grant Shapps blasted today's protesters as "glued fools" and said they are "absolutely wrong" to launch fresh demonstrations.
He told LBC: "It's dangerous, it's really outrageous, and actually, ironically, it probably adds to pollution as cars idle, waiting for their nonsense... for them to be unglued from the road.
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"Existing laws need toughening up to get these glued fools off the road, and the Home Secretary has said she will do that in the Crime and Sentencing Policing Bill that is going through Parliament.
"In the meantime, I have been applying actively for court injunctions, which cover the national highway network around London, around the South East. Now these people can go to jail for what they're doing.
"I very much imagine that the courts will take very dimly of the view that they're ignoring a court injunction.
"It can be unlimited fines, it can be six months in jail, we have been actively serving door-to-door individuals - over 100 have been served.
"And I think we'll start to see the courts take a very, very dim view and lock some of these people up, it is unacceptable."
He added: "I can tell you that those injunctions may well have been breached and people may be going to prison as a result."
CRACKDOWN
On Tuesday, Home Secretary Priti Patel announced cops will be handed powers to arrest repeat climate protesters before they glue themselves to the tarmac.
She is beefing up stop-and-search rules so people can be held if suspected of carrying heavy-duty locks or industrial-strength glue near motorways, airports and ports.
Protesters could now be handed six months’ jail or an unlimited fine by magistrates immediately after arrest.
Demonstrator Tracey Mallagan - who joined the group on the M25 today - said the country faces a "terrifying situation".
She told LBC: "We won’t be worrying about shortages of pasta or loo rolls because law and order breaks down pretty quickly when there is not enough food to go round.
"The government won’t be wondering if there are enough hospital beds or ventilators, but whether there are enough people left to bury the dead.
"The government is destroying our country. Boris Johnson should be taken to court for treason. Our flesh and blood are being tossed aside as expendable.”
It follows a two-week long string of chaotic blockades by the group.
They blocked off major routes in and around London including the M25, M1, and M4 - leading Boris Johnson to brand them "irresponsible crusties".
ECO CHAOS
The PM told LBC: "There are some people who call those individuals legitimate protesters. They are not.
"They are irresponsible crusties who are basically trying to stop people going about their day's work and doing considerable damage to the economy."
On October 2 the government obtained a fresh injunction banning the group from obstructing traffic and access to motorways and major A roads around London.
Anyone who breaks the injunction faces imprisonment or an unlimited fine, and activists found in contempt of court may also be forced to repay the costs of their case.
On Monday, harrowing footage showed a woman desperately begging Insulate Britain to "move your cars" as they blocked her from following her 81-year-old mum in an ambulance.
A group of protesters could be seen standing by as the desperate daughter screamed: “She’s in the ambulance, she’s going to Canterbury - do you think I’m stupid? She’s in Canterbury!
"IRRESPONSIBLE CRUSTIES"
"I need to go to the hospital, please move your cars. This isn’t okay!"
Despite her helpless cries, the protesters refused to budge.
And the woman could be heard begging: “How can you be so selfish? This is so selfish. Can you not just understand, my mum is 81 and she’s going to hospital.
“Unbelievable. On your conscience let it be."
Crime and Policing minister Kit Malthouse told Sky News of the footage: "This is really distressing stuff that's emerging now.
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"While we obviously all value the right to protest, there is a difference between causing disruption and causing damage.
"We believe that these protesters and some of the others that we've seen in the last couple of years have crossed the line between exercising their right but also their responsibility towards the rest of us, and something needs to be done."
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Traffic chaos as Insulate Britain block M25 AGAIN and Old Street roundabout in London as furious drivers honk horns
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