Just Stop Oil protestors create blockade on Waterloo Bridge near KCL

Just Stop Oil began another of their infamous slow marches on Waterloo Bridge between two King’s College London campuses.

At 9:30am on Wednesday 8th November, the 50 protestors wore their iconic orange jackets and carried several banners during their march across the bridge, before settling in the middle to disrupt road traffic.

It took just 15 minutes for the police to arrive and remove the protestors by 10am, yet traffic had already built up significantly. During this time, the congestion created had caused an ambulance with its blue lights on to be delayed as it tried to breach the crowd.

🚨 BREAKING: Over 50 People March at Waterloo Bridge

🦺 Ordinary people refuse to stand by while the government approves policies which will cause the deaths of millions.

🔥 New oil and gas is a death sentence. Stand up against the criminals in power — https://t.co/7BzUVS02dZ pic.twitter.com/pbLeKMNWem

— Just Stop Oil (@JustStop_Oil) November 8, 2023

Five members of the original 50 protestors, underwent another slow march along The Strand before being arrested by the police.

Although it was not a direct protest on KCL, unlike the activist groups’ previous protests in early November that hit various universities across the country including UCL, King’s students were massively disrupted and some were left unable to attend classes at both the Strand campus and the Waterloo campus.

The bridge has since been cleared of all JSO protestors, and 40 arrests were made with that number expected to rise.

All JSO activists are out of the road.

We estimate that officers made more than 40 arrests, those numbers will be confirmed in due course.

If you were one of the people impacted, tell us, so we can use it as evidence.

➡️https://t.co/EQWgihKPH4

— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) November 8, 2023

Featured image via Met Police.

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