Protestors are same group which disrupted M25 last week
Protestors from Insulate Britain have blocked the Port of Dover, Europe’s busiest ferry port, in an effort to get their message across about their environmental concerns.
It is the same group that caused various issues on the M25 over the past two weeks, where they were told they could be imprisoned if they were to do it again.
The group, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, is demanding that the UK vows to fund insulation of all social housing in the UK by 2025. As well, it would like to see a national plan written into law for a low carbon retrofit of all homes by 2030.
A spokesperson for the group commented: “We are blocking Dover this morning to highlight that fuel poverty is killing people in Dover and across the UK.”
“We need a Churchillian response: we must tell the truth about the urgent horror of the climate emergency.”
“Change at the necessary speed and scale requires economic disruption. We wish it wasn’t true, but it is. It’s why the 2000 fuel protests got a u-turn in policy and gave (Tony) Blair his biggest challenge as prime minister.”
The UK Government has told officials to seek an injunction against the group after their antics on the M25.