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| Extinction Rebellion: Traffic delayed on M32 in Bristol | Extinction Rebellion: Traffic delayed on M32 in Bristol |
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| Extinction Rebellion protesters have blocked a main route into Bristol that leads to the M32. | Extinction Rebellion protesters have blocked a main route into Bristol that leads to the M32. |
| Commuters are facing long delays after the campaigners gathered at Cabot Circus amid a series of protests. | Commuters are facing long delays after the campaigners gathered at Cabot Circus amid a series of protests. |
| The campaign group wants to encourage the government to do more to deal with the issue of climate change. | The campaign group wants to encourage the government to do more to deal with the issue of climate change. |
| Traffic has tailed back as far as the M4 junction, about four miles (7km) away. Police have urged motorists to allow extra time for journeys. | Traffic has tailed back as far as the M4 junction, about four miles (7km) away. Police have urged motorists to allow extra time for journeys. |
| During other Extinction Rebellion protests this week in Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds and London activists used boats to block traffic. | |
| One of the protesters in Bristol said they had been being forced to act because "governments and local councils aren't". | |
| Ben Moss said: "We're in the middle of a climate emergency and things aren't changing quick enough, and we're really sorry for the disruption. | Ben Moss said: "We're in the middle of a climate emergency and things aren't changing quick enough, and we're really sorry for the disruption. |
| "We recognise it's an inconvenience and it's temporary, but it's nothing compared to the inconvenience that people are going to be experiencing in 20 years - particularly the younger generation who have a massive representation here." | "We recognise it's an inconvenience and it's temporary, but it's nothing compared to the inconvenience that people are going to be experiencing in 20 years - particularly the younger generation who have a massive representation here." |
| Bristol's elected mayor, Marvin Rees, said the protesters had "stepped over the line" and made a "tactical error" by blocking the road. | |
| "As a city we did have a level of understanding with them of the action they would be taking this week, and it did not include the M32," he said. | |
| The scale of the protests has been criticised by some people on social media. | |
| It comes after Extinction Rebellion staged an 11-day protest in April that brought several parts of London to a standstill. | It comes after Extinction Rebellion staged an 11-day protest in April that brought several parts of London to a standstill. |
| Some of the 1,000 people arrested during that protest appeared in court this week. | Some of the 1,000 people arrested during that protest appeared in court this week. |