The Prime Minister’s Office has condemned climate demonstrations involving activists blocking access to oil terminals in the UK as costing taxpayers millions of pounds and “putting lives in danger.”
On Tuesday, Home Secretary Priti Patel and Prime Minister Boris Johnson denounced environmental protesters who they say are “wreaking havoc” on roads.
‘Lawless’
Patel urged police to be tougher on Just Stop Oil, an activist group in coalition with Extinction Rebellion (XR), which is protesting the UK government’s awarding of new oil contracts to businesses.
Home Secretary Priti Patel addresses Tory activists in Blackpool, England, on March 19, 2022. (Peter Byrne/PA)
On Tuesday, eight activists from Just Stop Oil were arrested after a road was blocked. Last week, activists claimed they dug tunnels underneath the carriageway in Grays, which is a key delivery route for the nearby oil terminal. The group said its tunnellers “are still underground disrupting the oil death machine” in a post on Twitter….