Disruptive protests by the Just Stop Oil climate group cost British taxpayers £7.5 million ($9 million) in policing costs in just nine weeks, newly released figures show.
Just Stop Oil, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, has been staging disruptive protests in an attempt to highlight its call for the UK government to begin the process of winding down fossil fuel production in the country.
Members of the group caused serious disruption by climbing motorway gantries on the M25 and the QEII Bridge in Dartford, Kent, as well as blocking main roads in London.
They also sprayed orange paint over various buildings in the English capitol and staged headline-grabbing protests at the National Gallery, Madame Tussauds, and Harrods….