Austria’s version of Just Stop Oil, desperately named “Last Generation”, has had to shut down, citing a lack of “success” as their excuse. For three years the climate crusaders created chaos across the country through the familiar eco-warrior tactics – blocking roads and hurling paint at artworks. They even thought to march through residential streets of Vienna at 4:30 a.m. with bells and bullhorns to disturb unwitting citizens. Now they’re facing their own wake-up call…
After mounting legal issues over their useless and disruptive actions, Last Generation have been forced to give up – their remaining assets to be used to finance the costs of “criminalisation and investigations”. Guido can only hope JSO will be next…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”