An eco-warrior teacher from Insulate Britain has been slapped with a 5-week jail sentence for causing chaos during rush hour in London on October 25, 2021. During the trial, the “remorseless” Louise Lancaster couldn’t resist lecturing the jury in her closing statement on the woes of climate change, even after being warned by the judge not to bother. Turns out that didn’t do her any favours…

The judge promptly instructed jurors to disregard her words, stating that “she knew she wasn’t entitled to say what she said at the end of her address”. He went on to say that although the protestors have a right to protest, that does not mean that they have the right to cause widespread disruption… with this particular ‘protest’ significantly impacting well over 5,000 people. 

Along with Lancaster, there were five other eco-zealots, who will now have to do a combined number of 315 hours of unpaid work. They have also been sentenced to 4 to 6 weeks of jail time suspended for 18 months. Lancaster went on to say that she is “more proud of my civil resistance for Insulate Britain than anything I have ever done in my life.” If gluing herself to a road is her proudest achievement, she probably hasn’t exactly led the most productive life. School’s out…

Insulate Britain loon Stephen Pritchard has been jailed for five weeks for blocking the M4 motorway in 2021. Having been convicted by the jury at Inner London Crown Court last week of “causing a nuisance to the public” by parking himself on the road along with three other protesters, Judge Silas Reid handed Pritchard a five week sentence, with the other three each given six-week sentences suspended for 18 months. An incredibly soft touch for Pritchard, given he’s been arrested a whopping 13 times…

Speaking this morning, Judge Reid said:

“It is not appropriate for me to suspend the inevitable sentence… you will serve up to half of your sentence in prison […] None of you have shown any remorse for your actions, and in fact wear them with pride.”

Pritchard has already been to jail for this lunacy once before…

Three Insulate Britain protesters have been found guilty of causing a public nuisance during their two-hour blockade of London traffic back in October 2021. The trio heard the jury’s verdict this afternoon at Inner London Crown Court, with all three banned from even mentioning the climate at all in making their defence case. One loon who ignored this ban during a previous case was subsequently jailed for eight weeks for contempt of court…

Helen Redfern, Simon Reding and Catherine Rennie-Nash, who glued themselves to the road at Bishopsgate, will be sentenced in March alongside four other eco-warriors who were convicted at earlier trials. At least none of them cried in the courthouse this time…

Insulate Britain are back making nuisances of themselves this morning, this time hanging themselves off Tower Bridge. As far as Guido’s concerned, as long as they’re not getting in the way of anyone let them swing…

It seems the courts are altogether keener to pursue hard-working drivers who try pushing back against disruptive protests than the climate commies themselves. Sherrilyn Speid, who co-conspirators will remember as the mum who gently nudged a road-sitting nuisance maker last October, has been handed a driving ban. #JusticeForSherrilyn.

Appearing at Southend Magistrates’ Court this morning, Speid pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving. An additional assault charge against Sherrilyn, in which it was alleged that protester Bethany Mogie had been beaten, was dismissed after the prosecution said it would produce no evidence. The 4×4-driving mum was bailed and the sentencing will take place in May. Speid is facing £310 of costs from the trial. Is there a fundraiser yet?

A week ago another coterie of Insulate Britain nutters were put away for defying a court ordered injunction to stay away from the M25. One of those jailed happened to be a Labour councillor all the way from Scarborough. How she travelled down to the M25 we can only guess… 

As the local Tory association bemoaned, the length of Councillor Norton’s (63) sentence does not meet the 12-week threshold to disqualify her as a councillor, and there’s no sign of her standing down of her own free will.

Despite Sir Keir’s recent push to rebrand Labour as a party of law and order, it seems the local Labour branch isn’t disillusioned with their criminal comrade. This week Scarborough residents found party literature pushed through their letterboxes with Cllr Norton front and centre.

They boast the party’s “representing you in Scarborough”. Well, some are… others are doing so at her majesty’s pleasure.