Police have detained 25 eco-fanatics who were stuck to each other and the streets outside Buckingham Palace this morning, infuriating drivers who yelled at the protesters to “find a job.”
After Just Stop Oil protestors set up a blockage at about 8.45 am, officers who responded to the event on The Mall reported that they had made 25 arrests.
After more than two hours of disturbance, the remaining demonstrators were carried away in police vehicles about midday.
You’ve done pretty well, an on-site Just Stop Oil activist who did not obstruct the road told the last few protestors as they were hoisted into the vehicles. Solidarity.’
As the mob conducted the sit-down protest, film from the event showed a liaison officer addressing the group, “Let me know if I can do anything for you.”
Police at the site report that everyone has been taken into custody after spending more than an hour doing so.
At least 10 police cars and 40 police officers were stationed at the area.
Angry vehicles yelled at the climate protestors outside the Palace today as they resorted to swerving to avoid them.
On the ninth day of protests, demonstrators tried to block The Mall, with one van driver honking his horn and yelling, “Get a job!”
They heard a cab driver yell, “F****** bunch of w******,” at them. Get an actual f***** job, please. However, a rider said, “Keep up the good job, protestors. Stay steadfast.
Around 8.45 am, protesters opposing the government’s fossil fuels policies set up a barrier across the street while wearing high-visibility vests with the Just Stop Oil insignia.
Students from Erskine, Renfrewshire’s Park Mains High School were there to observe the demonstrators. Let’s take a picture with the protestors, said one of the teachers.
Another instructor reprimanded a student for recording a protester directly in the face. But they’re protestors, and they want the limelight, the student remarked. Don’t repeat it, the instructor said. Wrap your neck around.”
The group was addressed by a police liaison officer who was present at the site today: “Let me know if I can do anything for you.” Not until you have a letter from Liz Truss, the protester retorted.
I don’t want you to damage yourself, sir, another officer remarked. I don’t want you to suffer any harm, so please don’t stick yourself to the pavement where a car may run you over.
Another liaison officer was seen asking group members sitting in the rain this morning if they had “any issues or questions.”
30 activists from Just Stop Oil reportedly set up a blockage on The Mall at 8:45 a.m., blocking traffic in both ways as they sat down holding banners for the organization.
The group also said that 250 of its protesters had been detained in the first 10 days and that 1,500 people had been detained overall since the start of the campaign in April.
A representative for Just Stop Oil stated: “At 8:45 this morning, 30 Just Stop Oil supporters set up a barricade on The Mall, slowing traffic in both directions. Some of them have cemented themselves to the asphalt while others are sitting in the road.
And a Metropolitan Police spokeswoman tweeted: “Officers are on site and are trying to remove the demonstrators. We are aware of a continuing demonstration taking place in The Mall, W1.” The road is still partially blocked. We will provide updates with further information.
Just 11 activists, some of whom were stuck together or to the road, were left after authorities had removed more than half of the Just Stop Oil demonstrators off The Mall by 10.30am.
One of the Glasgow-based Just Stop Oil demonstrators who was obstructing The Mall, Emma Brown, 31, stated the activists “would walk 500 miles” to “just stop oil.”
Miss Brown said that this was her first protest and that the demonstrators had traveled from Scotland.
We have decreased since the government is moving forward with more than 100 additional fossil fuel licenses, she added. And it is essentially a death sentence for everyone present, including you.
We must prevent this from happening again. There must be a cutoff point somewhere. On our doorstep, we’ve already seen the consequences. The results are being felt all around the world. And the insanity needs to end.
At The Mall, a number of police officers and police liaison officers were speaking with the demonstrators. At the site, eight police cars were there.
How long will you be here, a police officer inquired? As a response, a demonstrator said, “Until we have a new government.”
Before starting to eject demonstrators from The Mall, police searched a number of them. Some of the campaigners had applied adhesive on their hands.
Officers began rounding up demonstrators on The Mall after claiming they needed to clear the way for the Changing of the Guard.
While others had to be forcibly moved by policemen to other vehicles, the first two pedestrians crossed the street of their own free will and were transported to a police van.
Some had been arrested, according to a police officer on the site.
The protestors, who came from Scotland, said they were compelled to take action after the UK Government supported the development of oil and gas activities in the North Sea in September.
This month, a fresh wave of oil and gas licensing is anticipated from the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA).
Alister Jack, the Scottish Secretary, said that this might result in the granting of more than 100 additional licenses, “safeguarding” the UK’s energy supply and supporting more than 70,000 employment in Scotland.
I’m taking action with Just Stop Oil because I’m sick of feeling neglected by the Government in Westminster, said activist Ailith Stewart, a 20-year-old student from Edinburgh.
“Their choices don’t serve the interests of the people the most.” There are several things that may be done to help the climate issue, but this administration seems set on disregarding them all and putting the needs of common people ahead of its own financial interests.
“I want to use whatever opportunity we have to demonstrate to them that the public won’t stand for it.” We are their source of power because there are more of us than there are of them.
I’m taking action to protect my future, the futures of the people I care about, any children I may have in the future, and everyone else who is now suffering the effects of the climate catastrophe without having had a say in any of the decisions that led to it.
The Lorax is my children’s favorite book, and they already comprehend what the Eton-educated government completely fails to understand: that oil extraction at any costs will destroy our only home, Kevin Wing, a 47-year-old father of two from Glasgow, said.
“I’m taking action for the future of my children’s generation and for all the families in the developing world presently suffering from the consequences of climate change.”
The UK government is giving billions of pounds in tax subsidies to the dying fossil fuel sector, refusing to choose to assist struggling households amid this energy crisis.
‘This is enriching a wealthy few at the cost of the poor who must choose between heating their houses and eating.
In order to combat this horrifying injustice and the UK government’s attack on the poor, I am engaging in nonviolent direct action.
It comes after the Just Stop Oil group tried to block areas of Westminster with another sit-down demonstration yesterday, during which the Metropolitan Police made at least 45 arrests.
24 persons were detained on Saturday for deliberate highway obstruction.
In order to “occupy Westminster,” the organization has also said that it would gather everyday in October at 11 a.m. outside Downing Street.
Over the weekend, there were more chaotic scenes when vegans joined environmental demonstrators by painting storefronts and dumping milk on the streets.
Today, a spokeswoman for Just Stop Oil declared: “Our supporters will return today, tomorrow, the next day, the day after that, and every day until our demand is met: UK has no fresh oil or gas reserves.
“We won’t be deterred by legal reforms, and we won’t be prevented by private injunctions that aim to quiet peaceful protesters.
“Our supporters know that they are meaningless when weighed against the loss of our rights, freedoms, and communities,” they say.