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🦺 Ordinary people demanding the UK Government immediately halt all new oil and gas consents and licences. Make action possible at juststopoil.org
London, United Kingdomlinktr.ee/JustStopOilJoined December 2021

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🧡 BREAKING: LUXURY CAR DEALERSHIPS PAINTED ORANGE 🚗 At 8:30am today, two Just Stop Oil supporters sprayed orange paint over several luxury car dealers on Berkeley Sq and Bruton St, including HR Owen Bugatti, Jack Barclay Bentley, Bentley Motor Cars London and Ferrari Mayfair
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Confettigate: A Statement From Just Stop Oil The lady who threw confetti in Bruton yesterday was upholding a tradition that is common across many cultures. We absolutely defend the right for people to throw confetti (of whatever colour) at weddings and other celebrations. If it… ~~~~~~~~~~ hf3f8e3a 992bba08-8399-4bde-ab97-c1305e64876 SSR-I18N f2c6ac64-eb07-4bf8-bb18-52a36cf153b7 hf3f8e3a ~~~~~~~~~~
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🎃 BREAKING: LONDON PAINTED ORANGE 🎃 🧯 At 8:30am today, 6 Just Stop Oil supporters sprayed orange paint from fire extinguishers onto the Home Office, the MI5 building, the Bank of England and the headquarters of News Corp at London Bridge. 🎥
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This evening, Louis, a 21 year-old supporter of Just Stop Oil, locked on to the goalpost at Goodison Park wearing a Just Stop Oil t-shirt, causing the referee to briefly stop play. When explaining why he has chosen this action, Louis said:
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This is Kush. He is 33-year-old doctor. Today he was planning to quietly hold a sign saying JUST STOP OIL, whilst in the crowd for the Coronation. He was arrested along with 20 others. Free speech is a core British value – and we have just lost it.
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🚨 Placards ripped up and banners snatched away, as peaceful supporters of Just Stop Oil face aggression this morning. 🛢️ We march in civil resistance against our genocidal government. If our government halted all new oil, gas and coal licences, we wouldn't have to do this.
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🚨 BREAKING: Just Stop Oil Paint the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 🦺 This morning, 2 supporters of Just Stop Oil have painted the department responsible for issuing over 100 new oil and gas licences in the UK. 🖋️ Sign up to take action at juststopoil.org
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🚨 BREAKING: JURY FINDS INSULATE BRITAIN SUPPORTERS NOT GUILTY. A jury of 12 people unanimously found 4 Insulate Britain not guilty of causing a public nuisance, despite the defence banned from referring to the climate crisis, insulation or fuel poverty.
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🥊 BREAKING: Just Stop Oil Supporter Assaulted While Demanding No New Oil and Gas 🦺 Daniel was assaulted while marching this morning, and remained nonviolent throughout. Disruption is difficult, but it's necessary. 🖋️ Sign up to slow march at juststopoil.org
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🦺 Louise, 24: “I'm here because I don't have a future. You might hate me for doing this, but I wish you would direct all that anger and hatred at our Government. They are betraying young people like me — I wouldn't have to be here if they did their duty.” #FreeLouis #FreeJosh
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🏳️‍🌈 BREAKING: JUST STOP OIL DISRUPTS PRIDE 🧯 LGBTQ+ supporters of Just Stop Oil have disrupted the Pride in London parade, blocking Coca-Cola's float and spraying black and pink paint over the road. 🧵 A thread on why we've disrupted #PrideInLondon
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☕️ BREAKING: Phoebe Plummer Arrested at Cafe While Waiting for Hash Browns ⚖️ On Monday, Phoebe was issued draconian bail conditions by stating she is “not to protest on any roadway within the UK”. This morning, Phoebe chose to slow march for no new oil and gas.
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🚨 BREAKING: DOWNING STREET BLOCKED 🚨 🚧 At 11:15 this morning, 22 Just Stop Oil supporters swarmed towards the gates of Downing St. A number of them attempted to scale the gates while others sat down in the road to block the entrance, with some gluing their hands to the tarmac
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🚨 BREAKING: ROLEX STORE SPRAY-PAINTED ORANGE 🚨 ⌚️ At 8:30am today, two Just Stop Oil supporters sprayed orange paint from a fire extinguisher over the premises of in Knightsbridge, demanding that the government halts all new oil and gas consents and licences. #FreeLouis
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🎱 NEW OIL AND GAS WILL SNOOKER US 🦺 At around 7:20pm, two Just Stop Oil supporters have disrupted the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, interrupting play. The pair proceeded to cover the tables in orange powder paint before being removed by… Show more
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🧡 This is Sarah. She's just been released from Court after spending the night in a police cell. This was the second time she's been arrested under Section 12. Why was Sarah held and put before a judge? ⛓️ She wasn't breaching bail. 🚔 She hasn't ever been convicted of an… Show more
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🚨 BREAKING: GLASTONBURY CANCELLED LAST MINUTE... ...For Ed Miliband, Shadow sec. of state for Climate Change and Justin Rowlatt, climate editor for BBC News. Both have been banned from speaking at the festival's Speakers Forum by their bosses. Why? Because they were slated to…~~~~~~~~~~ hf3f8e3a 992bba08-8399-4bde-ab97-c1305e64876 SSR-I18N f2c6ac64-eb07-4bf8-bb18-52a36cf153b7 hf3f8e3a ~~~~~~~~~~
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This is an impossible situation. Do we disrupt other ordinary people, like this man, arrested for lashing out today, or just sit back and watch everything burn? That's where our government has left us. More and more people are realising taking action is the right thing to do.
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🚨 BREAKING: HARRODS SPRAY PAINTED AND KNIGHTSBRIDGE BLOCKED 🚨 🎨 At 9am today, 20 Just Stop Oil supporters stopped traffic on Knightsbridge in central London, demanding an end to new oil and gas. Two have also sprayed the outside of Harrods department store with orange paint.
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🔒 JUST STOP OIL SUPPORTER SENTENCED TO 6 MONTHS IN PRISON 🦺 Jan Goodey, a 57-year-old #JustStopOil supporter from Brighton, was today sentenced to 6 months in prison for taking part in an action on the #M25 in November to demand an end to new oil and gas in the UK. #FreeJan
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🚨 BREAKING: As police were busy arresting people for daring to protest, at least one vehicle drove into supporters of Just Stop Oil. Retweet if you'd rather a that protected peaceful people instead of arresting them.
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Grant Shapps. People sprayed your office because you're failing to do the basics of your job. Stop writing silly letters. Then stop new oil and gas projects.
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I’ve written to @Keir_Starmer to request he pays for the criminal damage the Just Stop Oil attacks on the Energy Security Department caused this morning As the political wing of Just Stop Oil, it is the Labour Party not the taxpayer that should be paying the bill
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“It's 2022 and it's time to look up, time to step up and not stand by. It's time to act like it's an emergency.” “Report after report is telling me that my future is going to be dire, and my government is telling me not to worry and pay into a pension.”
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🥀 BREAKING: JUST STOP OIL SUPPORTERS THROW PAINT OVER CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW GARDEN. 🍽️ What good is a garden if you can’t grow food? Millions are starving in the Global South whilst our government ignores the climate crisis, choosing to licence 100 new oil and gas projects.
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🚨 BREAKING: Lancaster University Student Disrupts Graduation Ceremony 🎓 Callum, 24, interrupted their own graduation because our government won’t listen to the science. 🛢️ There’ll be no jobs — no liveable future — and our degrees will mean nothing if our government continue… ~~~~~~~~~~ hf3f8e3a 992bba08-8399-4bde-ab97-c1305e64876 SSR-I18N f2c6ac64-eb07-4bf8-bb18-52a36cf153b7 hf3f8e3a ~~~~~~~~~~
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🍻 Solidarity with the good people of Birmingham trying to get a pint in as their city faces the catastrophic consequences of climate collapse — fuelled by our government’s issuing of over a hundred new oil and gas licences.
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The people who hid Anne Frank during WW2 were criminals, Henry. So were the French Resistance. Obeying the law does not give you the moral highground — not when it's still legal for our Government to greenlight enough oil and gas to kill millions. Good people break bad laws.
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Quite right. If you commit a crime, don’t complain if you’re arrested, prosecuted and and jailed. Whoever is behind this @JustStop_Oil movement is manipulating people line Louis Harris, who do their bidding, and should also be answering for their actions in a criminal court. twitter.com/JustStop_Oil/s…
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Just Stop Oil supporters will continue the campaign of civil resistance on the M25 in the coming days. We ask everyone who is planning to use the M25 or associated roads from 7am tomorrow to be prepared for closures and severe delays to their journeys or to make alternative plans
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🚨 BREAKING: M25 BLOCKED 🚨 🚧 Supporters of Just Stop Oil have climbed onto overhead gantries on the M25 at multiple locations, halting traffic. They are demanding that the Government halts all new oil and gas consents and licences — anything less is a death sentence. #COP27
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We know how disruptive and distressing these droughts, famines, floods & wildfires caused by global heating are to the public. Please rest assured that as long as the Govt is issuing new oil and gas consents and licences, Just Stop Oil supporters will continue in civil resistance
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We know how disruptive and distressing these road closures caused by protesters are to the traveling public. Please rest assured that when they occur, police will arrive quickly and deal quickly with the situation and get roads open again as soon as possible.
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🦺 Frances, 20, has been arrested for marching in the road for just 15 minutes. 💀 15 minutes of disruption is nothing compared to the disruption of societal collapse that will occur if our government continues issuing new fossil fuel licences. 🖋️ Sign up to slow march at… Show more
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⛓️ Over 39 arrested today for peacefully protesting against new fossil fuels. 🌡️ Over 40°C in Italy, France, Spain. 🔥 Over 24 million acres of forest burnt in Canada. 💀 Over 40 people drowned in South Korea floods. When do we say no? How many arrested protesters? How many… Show more
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💬 Dr Patrick Hart, 37, a GP from Bristol, who took part in the action, said: “I am doing this because it’s my duty as a doctor. The climate crisis is the greatest health crisis humanity has ever faced. People are dying now and more will die every day unless we stop new oil, gas…~~~~~~~~~~ hf3f8e3a 992bba08-8399-4bde-ab97-c1305e64876 SSR-I18N f2c6ac64-eb07-4bf8-bb18-52a36cf153b7 hf3f8e3a ~~~~~~~~~~
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Today’s episode of “Don’t Look Up IRL” is brought to you (again) by ⁦⁩! GMB weather presenter gives a clear outline of the 40C temps + food shortages Brits can expect on our current trajectory, ⁦⁩ ignores it & returns to tired ‘hypocrisy’ argument.
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We informed the police & the highway authority yesterday that the #M25 would be disrupted — they knew but chose not to warn the public. Sound familiar? Fire, floods, drought — disruption from climate chaos won’t end. We must stop new oil and gas now. #COP27 #ClimateChange
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🤨 You're not gunna believe this but — as confirmed in court this week — police caused more damage to an art gallery in July than the Just Stop Oil supporters they came to arrest. More details to follow...
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🦺 When decades of non-disruptive protest, signing petitions and sending letters to MPs haven’t worked, civil resistance is the only option we have left to bring about the urgent change we need to survive.
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🚨 BREAKING: FOUR KEY LONDON ROADS BLOCKED 🚨 🚧 At noon today, 61 Just Stop Oil supporters stopped traffic on Charing Cross Road, Kensington High Street, Kennington Road and Blackfriars Road, demanding that the Government halts all new oil and gas consents and licences.
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📢 Speaking before his action at , Eddie, 25, said: 💬 "I'm about to disrupt my own graduation ceremony. Exactly 3 months ago, I disrupted the snooker world championship. I'm taking these actions because our government has failed young people like me." 💬 "They have… Show more
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This is a lie. The Home Secretary and the Daily Mail are inventing stories to distract us from the truth: our government has no plan to protect us from societal collapse. Any credible plan must start with ending new oil and gas. 👉 Fed up with their lies? Sign up to slow march… Show more
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My letter to Sir Keir Starmer over the latest Labour Just Stop Oil revelations.
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STATEMENT: Just Stop Oil halts M25 actions From today, Just Stop Oil will halt its campaign of civil resistance on the M25. We are giving time to those in Government who are in touch with reality to consider their responsibilities to this country at this time. (1/6) #M25 #COP27
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“But we have a choice. We can choose to highlight that our climate is breaking down, we can choose to resist this government that is betraying us, we can choose to step up and not stand by.”
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🦺 This is Poppy. She's 19, works in a cafe in Bury St Edmunds and was arrested earlier this morning for peacefully resisting our criminal government's genocidal plans for new oil and gas. 🛢️ Downing St. is prioritising oil industry profits and North Sea expansion over Poppy's… Show more
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🚨 BREAKING: M25 BLOCKED AGAIN 🦺 From 6:30am, around 10 supporters of Just Stop Oil climbed onto overhead gantries of the M25 in multiple locations, causing police to halt traffic. 🛢They are demanding the government halt all new oil and gas licenses. #COP27 #A22Network #M25
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Sam Johnson, 40, a construction worker from Essex, said: “I took action today simply because we have run out of time. We’ve got to tackle this now. We have known for longer than I’ve been alive what would happen if we kept burning fossils fuels and now we are seeing this…~~~~~~~~~~ hf3f8e3a 992bba08-8399-4bde-ab97-c1305e64876 SSR-I18N f2c6ac64-eb07-4bf8-bb18-52a36cf153b7 hf3f8e3a ~~~~~~~~~~
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🚨 BREAKING: Unlawful Arrests in Parliament Square ⛓️ 5 seconds after stepping into the road, supporters of Just Stop Oil were unlawfully arrested by . Our government would rather silence ordinary people than end new oil and gas. 🖋️ Sign up to take action at… ~~~~~~~~~~ hf3f8e3a 992bba08-8399-4bde-ab97-c1305e64876 SSR-I18N f2c6ac64-eb07-4bf8-bb18-52a36cf153b7 hf3f8e3a ~~~~~~~~~~
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We thoroughly enjoyed Josh & Archie’s prank yesterday. Great action design — nonviolent and ever so slightly disruptive. Their faith in democracy is touching, but the climate crisis needs urgent action today — we simply don’t have time to wait for a new government. Nonetheless,… Show more
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BREAKING: WE'VE SPENT THE LAST FEW DAYS UNDERCOVER WITH JUST STOP OIL. TODAY THEY HELD A PARTY TO 'CELEBRATE' THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, AND WE WERE THERE, GIVING THEM A TASTE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE. FULL VIDEO TONIGHT.
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🚨 BREAKING: LEEDS BARCLAYS BUILDING PAINTED ORANGE 🧯 Two Just Stop Oil supporters have been arrested after spraying Barclays Bank on Albion Street with orange paint, demanding an end to fossil fuel lending by banks. Barclays is Europe’s largest fossil fuel financier, providing… Show more
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Our government is betraying us by funding new oil fields in the North Sea. New oil means destruction of our children’s future. It means war on small island states. And it means suffering now for the poorest and most marginalised in all regions.
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💬 One of those disrupting the #BBCProms, Kate Logan, a 38-year-old mum of two from London, said: “Many years ago, I sang with a youth choir at the Albert Hall, never imagining I would one day disrupt a performance here to draw attention to the planetary crisis we find ourselves… Show more
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💀 One of these images shows an environmental disaster from a UK fossil fuel site. Our government wants to license 100 more. 🟠 The other shows biodegradable cornstarch dyed with vegan food colouring in a temporary garden. Which one are you going to get upset about today?
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🚨 BREAKING: 160 Just Stop Oil Supporters March Demanding No New Oil 🦺 160 Just Stop Oil supporters in 16 groups are marching in Hammersmith, Redbridge, King's Cross, Victoria, Whitechapel, Farringdon and Earl's Court, demanding an end to all new oil and gas. 🧡 This morning,… Show more
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👴🏻 Austen Espeut: “I don’t want to be doing this, I’d rather be on my allotment.” 🧯 Decades of marching, signing petitions & sending letters to MPs haven’t worked—Civil Resistance is the only option we have left to bring about the urgent change we need to survive 🎥
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🦺 Emma, 22, is marching today because she is terrified for her future. 🛢️ Floods and droughts will still happen, even if the police lock us up. New oil and gas licences are a death sentence. 🚷 Take action with Emma and sign up for a slow march at juststopoil.org
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A group of supporters of Just Stop Oil have stormed the track at #BritishGP2022 If you are more outraged about this disruption than our world being burnt before our eyes, then you need to get your priorities straight.
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⚠️ Content warning. 💥 Some violence is obvious, and some is hidden. 🛢️ The hidden violence of approving new oil and gas, when people are dying in floods and wildfires is extreme. 💀 Our government are guilty of drownings, death by smoke inhalation, heat stress and starvation.
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BREAKING: Just Stop Oil pause disruption From today, Just Stop Oil will pause its campaign of civil resistance. We are giving time to those in the Government who are in touch with reality to consider their responsibilities to this country at this time.
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👩🏻‍🎤 Phoebe was arrested this morning for peacefully marching down a road to demand an end to all new oil and gas licences in the UK — a policy that is supported by all major UK political parties except the (it’s not like they’re funded by Big Oil or anything).
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