Angry cars yelled at climate campaigners from Just Stop Oil outside Buckingham Palace today as they were forced to weave their way past 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 were referred to as “F****** bunch of w******” by one taxi driver. Get an actual f***** job, please. However, a passing biker encouraged them, saying, “Keep up the good job, demonstrators.” Stay steadfast.
In the midst of continuing demonstrations against the government’s fossil fuels policies, protesters laid down across the street wearing high-visibility vests with the Just Stop Oil insignia.
30 activists from Just Stop Oil reportedly set up a blockage on The Mall at 8:45 a.m. today, 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.
‘At 8.45 this morning, 30 Just Stop Oil supporters set up a barricade on the Mall, preventing traffic in both directions,’ a representative for the group stated. Some of them have plastered themselves to the Tarmac while others are sitting on the road.
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 is a lot that can be done to help the climate issue, but this administration appears determined to ignore it all and put the needs of the common person ahead of business 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.
A representative for Just Stop Oil declared: “Our supporters will return today, tomorrow, the next day, the day after that, and each and every day until our demand is fulfilled: no new oil and gas in the UK.”
“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.