Now Just Stop Oil eco clowns target the evening rush hour: Mob launch ANOTHER infuriating roads slow-march through central London… while police make NO arrests
Just Stop Oil protesters have targeted the evening rush hour today as they slowly marched through the streets of London for the seventh week in a row.
Around 38 demonstrators, in two groups, began marching along Marylebone Road and at the Aldwych around 4.30pm today.
Met Police says officers responded to the protest within five minutes and imposed section 12 conditions, which aim to prevent disorder, criminal damage or disruption. No arrests have been made.
Today’s demonstration is the latest in a daily campaign by JSO aimed to disrupt traffic around the capital.
Just Stop Oil protesters have targeted the evening rush hour as they march along Marylebone Road this evening
The demonstrators are slowing walking on Marylebone Road this evening
JSO has been marching for six days each week since April 24 as they call on the Government to halt all licences and consents for new oil, gas and coal projects.
The group’s demonstrations have interrupted major events happening across London including the Chelsea Flower Show.
Rhiannon Wood, 28, a countryside ranger participating in today’s march, said she is taking action because she wants her sister’s children to ‘grow up feeling safe and optimistic about their lives’.
‘I don’t want them and countless others to grow up in a world plagued by food scarcity caused by drought, extreme heat and weather events,’ Ms Wood, of Southampton, said.
‘At the current rate, we are going to smash past irreversible tipping points that threaten life as we know it.’
She argued that the ‘extremist zealots running this country’ are ‘completely swindling’ Britons as they take a course of action that ‘threatens the lives of hundreds of millions’.
University lecturer Genevieve Shanahan, from London, echoed a similar sentiment. The protester said she was marching because legislators need to take ‘decisive action’ and align economic incentives with the ‘reality of the danger we face’.
The 33-year-old argued: ‘I teach sustainability in a business school, but my students can plainly see that “sustainable business” is not viable as long as there remain profits to be made from exacerbating the climate crisis.’
Over the last six weeks of action, despite ministers telling the police to get tough, officers have been failing to intervene.
Police last week urged the public to wait for officers to deal with the demonstrations.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
