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Lancaster Residents Among Just Stop Oil Protesters Blocking Road Outside Parliament Ahead of Government Decision
Around 60 activists sat in the road and blocked traffic as police removed some protesters and worked to reduce disruption for Londoners.
- On Wednesday, approximately 60 Just Stop Oil activists blocked traffic near Parliament Square in London during Prime Minister Andy Burnham's first PMQs, halting buses and prompting police intervention.
- Declaring the group is 'back,' activists timed the demonstration to demand Burnham sign a Fossil Fuel Treaty and halt approval of all future oil and gas projects across the United Kingdom.
- Metropolitan Police officers arrived at 12:04hrs on Wednesday to remove demonstrators, with specialist officers clearing the road within 30 minutes as supporters held placards reading 'no gas, no oil.'
- Group spokesman Cameron Ford criticized government wildfire warnings as 'performative,' defending the action while dismissing Reform's Richard Tice's comments about warm weather benefits from last month.
- Activists cited unprecedented heatwaves that killed over 35,000 people in Europe this summer, warning that continued oil expansion could drive catastrophic global warming of up to 3°C by 2050.
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In the UK, while Andy Burnham was participating in his first parliamentary scrutiny as prime minister, a mass protest by the civil disobedience group Just Stop Oil took place in front of the parliament itself. In the House of Commons, the new prime minister Andy Burnham and the leader of the opposition Conservatives, Cammy Badenoch, had heated arguments on important issues for the country, but drama also unfolded outside, BNR reported. Just St…
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