Drill or Drop: UKOG injunction on trial responce17 Nov 2019 00:20
Why is acceptable that disruption is not considered agressive or pravocative against a company, it suppliers & there properties & there employees going about there law abiding bussness on a public highway which has laws that govern them?
Why is it that the people & the organizations, organizing the so called legal demonstration are allowed to shirk there legal responsibilities for the demonstrations that they want to hold?
The organizers should be held accountable that there supporters abide by the law in the demonstrations that they hold.
Registration & clearly visible numbers on a fluresent vests should be mandatory as they may be on the public highway & need to be clearly visible to traffic on the road to prevent accidents where a individual may get knocked over.
If protesters lay in the highway they are causing an obstuction as well as endangering there own life.
This is also intimidating against the drivers of the lorries.
The wearing of balaclavas to hide people's identities to prevent there action's being accountable it comparable to the behavior in riots.
These actions are in my opinion anything but peaceful & why an injunction has been necessary as the common law was not being upheld.
For the injunction to be removed there should.
1. Be a registration process put in as a legal requirement with the protesters clearly identifiable.
2. The organizers should have stewards & maybe CCTV camera's availableto monitor there protesters & be accountable for the conduct of there protesters providing a risk assessment, first aid & an indemnity, where necessary.
Accountability from the organizers is key as it stands the organizers probably think that it is great to have the extreme fringe onboard to grab the headlines!
At present the oil companies are being called the bad guys for needing what is being termed a draconian injunction against persons unknown.
When at present it seems to be acceptable for a unorganized gathering to engage in riotous behavior with no accountability.