A leaked letter from UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to Just Stop Oil shows he is willing to negotiate with the civil resistance group in secret to avoid losing face. [1] [2]
Dated 31st of March, the letter is the latest in correspondence between Just Stop Oil, Rishi Sunak and Climate Minister, Graham Stuart which began after youth representatives of Just Stop Oil issued a written ultimatum to the Government on 14th of February 2023.
In the letter, Sunak states a shared agreement on the “need and urgency of tackling the climate crisis” and accepts current positions are “unsustainable” saying he is open to negotiation and hopeful of “an agreement regarding future protests”.
A Just Stop Oil spokesperson said: “Licensing new oil and gas threatens the lives of ordinary people both abroad at the front lines of climate change and here in the UK. It is an act of domestic terrorism, and we don’t negotiate with terrorists. Revoke the licenses. There is no discussion”.
The letter from Rishi Sunak can be read in full here.
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Notes to Editors
[1] Just Stop Oil is a coalition of groups working together to demand that the government immediately halt all future licensing and consents for the exploration, development and production of fossil fuels in the UK. Just Stop Oil is a member of the A22 Network of civil resistance projects. Climate Emergency Fund is Just Stop Oil’s primary funder for recruitment, training, and capacity building.
[2] The letter from Rishi Sunak can be read here: https://juststopoil.org/wp-content/uploads/March-31st-Sunaks-Response-to-Just-Stop-Oil_Scan.pdf
[3] Sign up to join Just Stop Oil supporters on a slow march this Spring: https://juststopoil.org/
[4] Details of £3.5 million in donations from polluters and climate change deniers to Conservative Party: https://www.desmog.com/2023/03/30/conservatives-received-3-5-million-from-polluters-fossil-fuel-interests-and-climate-deniers-in-2022/
