@BinghamLowe@DeanHaupt Christianity, on the other hand, has colonised / converted 156 countries over the past 2,000 years. Not bad for the son of the wife of a Jewish carpenter.
@BraveHeart_1702@BladeoftheS The irony being that the particular stretch of roads often sees similar stoppages caused by an accident or simply the amount of traffic using it.
However, subsequent governments for decades have failed to tackle the issue.
@BraveHeart_1702@BladeoftheS Obstructing the highway for the purpose was NOT unlawful at the time.
The scale of the disruption was what made it different. With most roads there is an alternate route. With the Dartford Crossing there was not, has not been for decades and will not be for years an alternative.
@JeffTaylorUK@BladeoftheS However, protesting had been deemed a legitimate reason to obstruct the highway by the Supreme Court of the UK.
The Highways Agency had to get a High Court Injunction to deal with the protests.
Then the government made new legislation to outlaw it.
@slater09_mike @BladeoftheS However, a lot of the Just Stop Oil protests were “lawful” at the time based on the fact that protesting was deemed a permitted reason to obstruct the Queen’s Highway.
That “loophole” was closed AFTER the protests.
@phughes76340646 There’s allegedly almost 3 million people in this country who want to alter the decision made by a democratically held general election earlier this year.
Then again, they just think that they have the power,
@AnthonyFranckl1 @QprEver If Farage became Prime Minister do you think he’d stay in the country long enough and attend Parliament often enough to get any work done?
@QprEver Nowt wrong with hating the incompetent, immoral, liar Boris Johnson who attempted to manipulate Queen Elizabeth II with his unlawful activity whilst Prime Minister.
@RespectNan@RupertLowe10 That may well be because the “council” that has to build the houses that the government tells them to build isn’t necessarily the same “council” responsible for the infrastructure.
@MJRDISCOS@clairebubblepop Actually …
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New analysis shows overall housing completions under Sadiq Khan stand at over 36,000 homes a year on average, 10,000 more per year than his predecessor
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