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Cops use Public Order Act 2023 to thwart Just Stop Oil direct action
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Cops use Public Order Act 2023 to thwart Just Stop Oil direct action
Letter says government pushing ahead with new fossil fuel projects while criminalising activists who raise alarm
Britain has become thin-skinned and defensive when it comes to other countries having an opinion about us. We must guard against this hostility sliding into nationalism
Just Stop Oil activist Phoebe Plummer has been given six months in jail — on remand, until 16 May 2024 — without even being convicted. Plummer has already served a month on remand, late last year, after throwing soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers picture (no damage to it). Since then Plummer has had an ankle bracelet as part of bail conditions, confined to student accommodation except for 12 hours a day for classes. The new spell in jail is for breaking those bail conditions to go on a march.
One activist was jailed for two years and another for three after scaling Dartford Crossing bridge.