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Watch: Just Stop Oil stage another failed protest

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Uh oh. After Just Stop Oil’s failed attempt to disrupt travellers at Gatwick Airport on Monday, the eco-activist group are back at it again – now taking their bizarre spray paint antics to Heathrow instead. Two activists have this morning decided to try and disrupt more commuters by spraying some of the airport’s departure boards orange. The stunt only lasted approximately 15 minutes before police dragged the pesky protestors off the premises, and an airport spokesperson was clear that ‘the airport continues to operate as normal and passengers are travelling as planned’. Mr S is rather sceptical about exactly what Just Stop Oil think it has managed to pull off this time – besides giving Heathrow’s cleaners extra work. The selfishness of the eco-zealots really does know no bounds…

It also transpires that one of today’s offenders, Phoebe Plummer, was let out on bail this week. The 22 year old is currently awaiting sentencing for causing criminal damage to Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ in 2022, when she threw Heinz soup over the artwork. Just Stop Oil are calling for governments across the world to establish a ‘fossil fuel treaty’ and have vowed to use ‘all means necessary’ to disrupt holiday-goers. The climate fanatic’s partner in crime, 58 year old Jane Touil, also fumed today that ‘ordinary people have to stand up and make their governments do the right thing’. Er, right. Because repeatedly attempting to ruin the summers of ‘ordinary people’ will make them bend to your will. The logic is quite baffling…

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