Met prepares itself to tackle glue sticking protesters ready to bring further chaos to our streets despite Londoners thoroughly fed up with their actions.

The glue sticking brigade that glorify themselves as planet warriors, are once again preparing themselves to bring more chaos to our streets.We, as usual will be the target of their actions, so we brace ourselves for more road stops, more bridge antics and of course the people’s choice-the videos of crying students where no actual tears are shed and their rehearsed lines are well executed.

Most of those living in London are vocal in agreeing that changes need to be made and would probably agree in targeting those who contribute to our environmental disasters.

Yesterday, the Havering Daily ran its first tree planting session where thousands of trees were planted in a south Hornchurch park. This day involved no glue, lots of community engagement, working out in the open together and united in a cause and most of all knowing that we have contributed something vital for the planet. We actually called on these protesters to come and join on us, but of course we are not high profile enough to gain their attention. However, the interesting fact here is that after one of their protest they have achieved a great deal of media coverage, but have not helped the planet in any way. Yet our event saw thousands of trees being planted to make a contribution to the planet, but very little media coverage.

For those crying, saying they have no future, surely the planting of trees is something that should prompt you to take action rather than the advert looking for protesters who may face jail time. I guess tree planting doesn’t have the media coverage allure that being taken away in a police van does.

Thousands of officers will be used once again to be able to respond to their actions. Officers that are being drafted from all across London and desperately needed on their BCU.

Protesters are planning more disruptive activity in London from 28 November to 14 December. 

Commander Karen Findlay, Met Operations, said: “These protests have already caused significant disruption to London’s general public and people travelling on the M25.

“We understand they are now set to cause further disruption in London in the run-up to Christmas, from 28 November to 14 December. However, we are again fully prepared. We have a very experienced team with robust policing measures in place to respond quickly and effectively to any incidents of serious disruption to London. We also have specialist officers available to deal with a range of tactics including sophisticated lock-on devices.

“We will always try to work with organisers so that protests can go ahead safely. However, Just Stop Oil do not engage with police in advance to share where they may protest or how many may be involved. As their actions are spontaneous and could take place anywhere across the capital, we are having to use more officers to respond, regardless of whether any action takes place or not. These are officers who could be dealing with issues that matter to local communities such as knife crime, safeguarding and responding to burglaries. Since 1 October, 11,923 officer shifts have been required to respond.

“I completely understand the frustration and anger felt by the public who are seriously disrupted by a relatively small number of protesters and their deliberate tactics. Activists are affecting people’s businesses, their lives, whether they are on their way to a doctor, a long awaited hospital appointment, on their way to work, to interviews, or to collect children. Therefore, I again urge Just Stop Oil organisers to engage with us to minimise disruption to Londoners.

“I would also like to reassure people in London that the Met is a large and resilient organisation. Despite the abstraction of officers to support these operations, we can and will continue to deal with our core business in communities.

“Where activists cross the line into criminality, the Met will provide a proportionate policing response. We will arrive quickly, deal with the situation efficiently, remove and arrest activists as appropriate and return things to normal as soon as possible. Please do not take matters into your own hands.

“During October and November, the Met arrested activists, with 182 charged so far.

“We are determined to bring to justice all those activists who cause disruption or damage to London. We’re working closely with the Crown Prosecution Service and the courts to ensure this happens.”