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Response to the Metropolitan Police’s Force Management Statement 2023

MPS Open Data Strategy (met.police.uk) Just Stop Oil is committed to nonviolence, now and in the future. However if politicians don’t act to defend us, if they continue to increase flood risk, drive 1000s of people from their homes, destroy our ability to travel and reduce the country’s ability to feed itself, then the Police […]

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Shane MacGowan’s widow calls on The Pogues to support climate song, “We Tried” for Christmas No.1 instead of “Fairytale of New York”

To the utter amazement of young climate activist and musician, Louise Harris, Victoria Mary Clarke, the recently widowed wife of Shane MacGowan, has called on The Pogues to support her climate song, “We Tried”, to be Christmas No.1. On Tuesday evening, Louise posted a direct appeal to Victoria, via a public video on social media

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Just Stop Oil supporter given shock six month prison sentence for slow marching

At Manchester Magistrates Court on Thursday 14th December 2023, Judge Mitchell, sentenced a Just Stop Oil supporter to six months in prison for marching in the road after he pleaded guilty to breaching Section 7 of the Public Order Act. [1][2] Stephen Gingell, 57, a business owner and father of three from Manchester, was arrested

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Just Stop Oil supporters go Christmas carolling at Keir Starmer’s house

Just Stop Oil supporters briefly gathered outside Keir Starmer’s house to sing ‘climate-criminal’ Christmas carols. They are demanding that, as the likely leader of the next UK government, Keir Starmer commit to cancelling all new oil and gas licences, including those already greenlit by the current government. [1] At around 8:30pm, a group of nine

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Just Stop Oil supporters formally invite Commissioner Mark Rowley to engage in talks

Today at 12:10 pm, two Just Stop Oil supporters visited Scotland Yard to deliver a letter inviting Mark Rowley to a formal meeting. Just Stop Oil supporters have been causing disruption in London over the past several weeks to demand that the UK government immediately halts all new licenses and consents for fossil fuel exploration

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“Are you discussing genocide?”: Injunction Injustice targets DLA Piper 

Five people from Injunction Injustice disrupted a corporate presentation event at the offices of the law firm DLA Piper on Tuesday evening before they were ejected by security guards. The city law firm is profiting the most from the civil law injunctions brought by the government against Insulate Britain, Stop HS2 and Just Stop Oil. 

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Seven Just Stop Oil supporters found ‘not guilty’

Seven Just Stop Oil supporters have been found ‘not guilty’ for willful obstruction of the highway. The supporters are demanding that the UK government immediately halt all future licences and consents for fossil fuel exploration in the UK. [1] Appearing before District Judge Bone at Stratford magistrates court yesterday, a group of seven Just Stop

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Louise Harris’ new single “We Tried” becomes first ever climate song to reach UK iTunes No.1

With Chris Packham calling for it to be this year’s Christmas No.1, Louise Harris’s new climate single, “We Tried”, hit No.1 in the UK iTunes Singles Chart one week after its release, overtaking the likes of Dua Lipa and The Beatles. The climate anthem, also backed by Brian Eno and Christiana Figueres (Chief Negotiator of

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So what’s your theory of change? COP 28 or Just Stop Oil?

By Jonathon Porritt The waves of phoney positivity emanating from CoP28 in Dubai are making me feel sick. “Look at our shiny new Loss and Damage Fund”. “Marvel at the new Emirates Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture”. “Get your heads around new heights of rhetoric about the importance of addressing the methane challenge”. I hate to

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