This is the moment that a furious motorist drives through a crowd of Just Stop Oil eco zealots during the evening rush hour.
The frustrated driver can be heard pleading with the eco-clowns before he loses his patience and tells them: ‘I will run you over’.
In chaotic scenes, the protesters can be seen trying to thwart his attempts to move them out the way but he presses on, managing to part the crowd before driving off.
Just Stop Oil supporters took up positions on London‘s bridges on Tuesday afternoon, bringing traffic to a standstill during rush-hour.
A mob of 68 Just Stop Oil climate activists took a stand around Waterloo, Blackfriars, London Bridge and Tower Bridge – but police were quick to move them off the road.
The motorist shouts at protestors, saying he will ‘run them over’ before he ploughs through (credit: Rick Findler)
The group have gathered across some of London’s busiest bridges this evening (credit: Rick Findler)
Protestors gathered in front of the motorist’s van with banners, trying to prevent him from moving (credit: Rick Findler)
Meanwhile, a band of children were seen trying to rip banners out of the hands of protesters on London Bridge.
Protesters told the youngsters ‘be careful you don’t hurt anyone’ as they jostled to take their banner off them. No arrests were made.
It comes as Just Stop Oil enters its sixth week of marching every day in central London, as part of a bid to force the Government to halt all new licences for oil, gas and coal projects.
As well as holding ‘slow marches’ on the streets of London, orange-clad eco warriors have disrupted major events including the Chelsea Flower Show and Gallagher Premiership rugby union final at on Saturday.
Activists caused outrage after they kidnapped three lambs from a royal farm and attacked the famed Chelsea Flower Show, throwing orange dye over a show garden.
Three Just Stop Oil activists vandalised a show garden at Chelsea Flower Show
Three animal rights zealots trespassed on Appleton Farm in Norfolk and bundled the lambs into a van – separating them from their distressed mothers
Yesterday two Just Stop Oil activists appeared in court charged with criminal damage and aggravated trespass after a pitch invasion during Saturday’s Gallagher Premiership final at Twickenham.
Samuel Johnson, 40, of Reydon, Suffolk, and Patrick Hart, 37, of Brislington, Bristol, invaded the pitch midway through the first half of the match between Saracens and Sale, Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court was told on Monday.
A statement from the eco-group after the invasion said they would ‘continue to take disruptive action until this government stops new fossil fuels’.
Despite calls from police to leave officers to do their work and not intervene, the public’s patience with the group is wearing thin, with clips surfacing of the public man-handling protesters.
Tory veteran Peter Bone condemned the movement, saying: ‘When a very, very tiny minority is ruining the lives of other people, action needs to be taken.
‘If this were to continue and the current laws are not strong enough, the Government will have to introduce new laws.’
Last week, footage emerged of a builder taking matters into his own hands after he threw protestors of the road during a slow march in central London, before ripping their banners out of their hands.
Two police officers, who are escorting the group, then intervene and grapple with the member of the public, who is handcuffed against the side of the van. During the struggle, the officer says: ‘You are f*****g assaulting people’.
‘We completely understand the frustration and anger of London’s communities when protesters walk slowly in the roads.
‘We urge people not to intervene and to let police deal with the situation who, if not already there, will arrive promptly.’
Despite complaints that the response from the police against protestors has been lax, Home Secretary Suella Braverman has vowed to stop ‘seflish, disruptive protesters’ from ‘wreaking havoc in people’s everyday lives’.
Police have been handed new powers to intervene against ‘highly disruptive’ slow marching tactics used by groups such as Just Stop Oil.
It means police have the power to force protesters out of the road and on to the pavement.
An angry commuter attempts to throw a Just Stop Oil activist off the road as they cross Blackfriars Bridge
Just Stop Oil said ‘tensions have been high’ as one man tried to throw a supporter on to the ground and was later arrested
Police grapple with the commuter who was seen trying to remove Just Stop Oil activists from the road
Concerns are growing over Saturday’s FA Cup Final, with security bosses set to be on high alert over the prospect of activists targeting the match to promote their cause.
Mail Sport understands that the prospect of encroachment onto the playing surface has played a major part in planning ahead of the Wembley Manchester derby.
Equipment to release protestors is likely to be on-site while the sprinter stewards, the use of whom was revealed by Mail Sport ahead of the closing day of the last Premier League season, are also likely to be present.
Such workers are specially trained in dealing with invaders and wear football boots or footwear with the most adequate grip to allow them for speed.
Since the Just Stop Oil campaign launched on February 14 2022, 2,200 arrests have been made by police.
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