Demonstrations were organized by the movement Insulate Britain, which have been holding similar protests for four weeks now.
Insulate Britain calls on the government to provide decent jobs for hundreds of thousands of people so that the most low-carbon homes can be insulated. The movement wants 29 million homes to be insulated by 2030.
An unpleasant incident broke out in the Blackpool tunnel, where protests prevented a woman from getting to the hospital, where her mother was taken by ambulance.
“She’s in an ambulance, she’s going to a hospital in Canterbury, do you think I’m stupid? (..) I have to go to the hospital, please miss me. It’s not normal (..) How can you be so selfish?” said the woman. The protesters spoke to him calmly, but refused to miss. The incident was recorded by the radio station LBC.
Meanwhile, drivers on the Wandsworth Bridge tried to drive the activists out of the way so that an ambulance could pass, according to a video shared by the radio. TalkRadio.
Insulate Britain activists have previously blocked the London bypass M25 and the M4 motorway, as well as the port of Dover.
But the government reached a ban last week Insulate Britain to disrupt traffic and access to motorways and major A-roads in and around London.
Anyone who violates this prohibition faces imprisonment or a fine.
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