π§ Starting at midday today, 16 Just Stop Oil supporters have blocked Piccadilly, London. They are demanding that the government halts all new oil and gas licences.
π¬ Dr Louis Keal, 32, a physicist from Edinburgh said:
βThe public sees the critical need for immediate downscaling of fossil fuels, so does the UN, the International Energy Agency, and countless businesses and scientific institutions." theguardian.com/environment/20β¦
π’ "But the dangerous radicals in government are determined to continue making fossil fuel companies richer at the expense of the rest of us. We have no choice but to resist, to put our bodies on the line. We are ordinary people who have run out of options.β
π―A bystander asks "do you think this is normal?".
No, this is not normal. It's unacceptable. We don't want to be on the streets in civil resistance. But we have no choice. Unless @RishiSunak stops new oil and gas, the famines, fires and floods will get worse. Oil is killing us.
@RishiSunak Polite petitions have failed. We have to start acting like life depends on it. Because it does.
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π§ββοΈ Earlier today, supporters of Just Stop Oil marched from Downing St to Westminster Magistratesβ Court and stood in solidarity with fellow supporters who had plea hearings there today.
π Metropolitan Police have begun remanding supporters of Just Stop Oil in custody to immediately charge them for alleged obstruction of the highway.
π We will not be intimidated by changes to the law and we will not be stopped by private injunctions sought to silence peaceful people. We understand that these are irrelevant when set against the collapse of society as we know it.
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π¨ BREAKING: ROLEX STORE SPRAY-PAINTED ORANGE π¨
βοΈ At 8:30am today, two Just Stop Oil supporters sprayed orange paint from a fire extinguisher over the premises of @ROLEX in Knightsbridge, demanding that the government halts all new oil and gas consents and licences. #FreeLouis
β³ Jennifer Kowalski, 26, an environmental scientist from Glasgow, said:
βThere's no point in having jewel-encrusted watches when they're destined to be lost in floods and climate change is happening now. An energy crisis is happening now."
"We do this because we want to protect the things and the people we care about. I'm not willing to stand by as the refusal to improve life for everyday people causes my loved ones to suffer.β
π§ At 9am, 31 Just Stop Oil supporters disrupted traffic on Cannon St, Queen Victoria St and Garlick Hill near Mansion House tube station, demanding that the Govt halts all new oil and gas consents and licenses.
π¦Ί Tommy Burnett, a 30-year-old taxi driver from Kendal, said:
π¬ βI'm taking action because the status quo needs to change; we cannot continue using fossil fuels when we know it is causing increasingly severe weather and making areas of the world uninhabitable.
𧑠BREAKING: LUXURY CAR DEALERSHIPS PAINTED ORANGE
π At 8:30am today, two Just Stop Oil supporters sprayed orange paint over several luxury car dealers on Berkeley Sq and Bruton St, including HR Owen Bugatti,Β Jack Barclay Bentley, Bentley Motor Cars London and Ferrari Mayfair
π’ They are demanding that the government halts all new oil and gas consents and licences. Oil is causing the climate and cost of living crisis, making us poorer, destroying jobs and killing us now. New oil and gas is an act of genocide.
π¬ Carmen Lean, a 28-year-old architecture student from Glasgow, said:
βWe pay exorbitant bills for oil and gas but itβs nothing compared to the price our kids will payΒ for it. New oil and gas is a death sentence for people all around the world.
π¨ BREAKING: LORA JOHNSON THROWS PAINT ON MET POLICE HQ π¨
βοΈ New oil and gas will lead to crop failure, food shortages and the collapse of law and order. Human civilisation as we know it is on the verge of collapse.
β There are currently 5 Just Stop Oil supporters in prison on remand or serving sentences for taking action to demand that the Government halts new oil and gas licences. They are Simon Milner-Edwards, Margaret Reid, Michelle Charlesworth, Joshua Smith and Louis McKechnie.
β Also in prison are Madelaine Budd for the βCaptain Tomβ action, Scott Breen for taking action against the Southampton to Heathrow pipeline, and Elliott Cuciurean for taking action against HS2.