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Moment angry moped rider smashes through eco yob protest… and takes their banner with him
THIS is the moment a furious moped rider smashed through a group of eco yobs.
Just Stop Oil protesters were carrying a large banner during another "go slow" march along a road in Camberwell, South London, this morning.
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But a plain-faced moped rider took matters into his own hands and drove through the banner being held by the startled protesters.
The rider continued along the road with the banner wrapped around his moped, refusing to return it to the group.
Meanwhile, irritated commuters also pushed and shoved the shuffling eco mob as they attempted to block a bus from taking people to work.
Passengers could be heard shouting "shut up" and "just go" as they attempted to shift the group.
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A cyclist also blasted the activists after appearing to fall from his bike after becoming entangled in the crowd, attempting to drag another banner away and pulling members of the group from the road.
Police said they attended the incident in Camberwell New Road and issued a number of Section 12 Orders, threatening protesters with being locked up if they didn't stop halting motorists who got caught up in their annoying standstill.
Similar protests took place in Ealing, Hillingdon and Kensington this morning.
It is the latest example of disgruntled members of the public taking matters into their own hands to clear the group's protests, with anger continuing to grow as its slow marches have now reached a tenth consecutive week.
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Last week, schoolchildren were seen ripping banners from the eco-idiots as they once again held up traffic.
Students were spotted hurrying to class, but not before telling off the eco-zealots who looked to be making them late.
The East London youngsters appeared to be giving the protesters - who were shuffling along the street - a piece of their mind as they faced detention for being late.
Just Stop Oil is also facing further embarrassment as a millionaire who had bankrolled the group has now turned his back.
Investment fund boss Trevor Neilson accused the woke climate cabal of “ostracising the exact people they need to engage” with crippling slow walk protests.
Mr Neilson, 50, founded the Climate Emergency Fund (CEF) after California wildfires came close to destroying his home in 2018.
The group went on to become the main bankroller for Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil — as well as handing over £4bn to 100 other global eco groups.
But Mr Neilson said of the group he funded: “It’s become disruption for the sake of disruption.
"Working people are trying to get to their jobs, get their kids to school, survive a brutal cost of living crisis.
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"If at the same time, they have a pink-haired, tattooed protester standing in front of their car, so that their kid is late for a test, that does not encourage them to join the movement."
He told The Sunday Times: "It’s not accomplishing anything. The tactics are harming the cause."
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