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They said: “We invited them to eat with us, but the alarms they let off at our banquet instead were the perfect metaphor for the urgency of the climate crisis. The footage shows a woman in the middle of the eco-activists saying through a megaphone: “We do agree about the same things but we have that sense of urgency.
The same, rather pointed, class divide is evident in terms of social media support and excuse-making. But after explaining their reasoning for demanding an end to new oil and gas, the counter-protesters dispersed,’ it added. But with the simplest of moves, Josh Pieters, 29, and Archie Manners, 30, had done what no one else had successfully managed to – they’d made a mockery of Just Stop Oil. When you’ve got to the point where you’ve got a mother with a sick baby, you’re going to lose people. Reaction to the footage was mixed on social media – with many jokingly asking if ‘Just Stop P***ing Everyone Off’ is taking donations, while others were more suspicious.
Earlier this week a protester was attacked by a man who claimed his partner was pregnant and that a sit down protest had caused them to prang their car. In a brief video posted to Twitter, the seated protestors can be heard making their case to their opposition.
I think it’s fair if we disrupt Just Stop Oil in the same way they disrupt us,” Pieters says in the video. A JSO protester then asks the counter-demonstrator if they think standing for election is the best way to get their views across. Mr Pieters wrote on Twitter after the prank: “We’ve spent the last few days undercover with Just Stop Oil. BREAKING: Just Stop Oil protestors have been surrounded by “Just Stop Pissing Everyone Off” protestors – preventing them from marching in the road pic.
The eco-activists, who have plagued motorists and sports fans all summer, had arranged to hold a community meal on Sunday within the high-ceilinged grandeur of a former church turned Heritage and Arts Centre in Bow, East London.