Time for police to get tough on eco-zealots

THREE hearty cheers for Suella Braverman’s outburst of common sense when she says the police should crack down on the ecoanarchists making lives a misery.

Echoing everything this paper has argued – and the thoughts of millions of Britons – the Home Secretary says forces should stop pussyfooting around Just Stop Oil’s doomsday cultists.

If woke chief constables keep humouring these self-righteous oddballs, confidence in the police will seep irreversibly away.

The agitators aren’t just inconveniencing thousands of drivers when they shut the M25. They’re endangering lives, too.

Yesterday, a police officer was injured after the group’s antics caused a collision.

Make no mistake, unless the law gets tough with these irresponsible protesters, someone will soon get killed. By treating them with kid gloves, supine police and judges have let things escalate dangerously.

Ironically, by obstructing people trying to get to work or school, vandalising art and blocking ambulances, Just Stop Oil risks hardening hearts against environmentalism.

What really sticks in the craw is how misplaced the synthetic anger of these ludicrous cranks is. Thanks to an aggressive anti-carbon agenda, UK emissions are just 1 per cent of the global total – and falling.

In China, meanwhile, CO2 discharges are off the charts. But, of course, the face-glueing M25 mob wouldn’t dare tread there.

No, we are forced to endure these insufferable law-breakers. And as long as the authorities here indulge them, they will continue their wanton destruction.