Every effort is being made by mad lefties to support the Corbyn party project as it simultaneously descends into infighting. This time its eco-terrorists Just Stop Oil pledging fealty…
In an email sent to supporters this afternoon Just Stop Oil informs members of two upcoming Zoom meetings to “give you an outline of a plan we’ve been working on” to help Your Party:
“A plan that considers how we can be in service to this new movement and looks to find a path we, in the climate and democracy space can work on together. We are looking at how Assemblies and Deliberative Democracy can be used, at this pivotal moment, to remake Democracy, so we really do give Power to the People.”
JSO’s organisers say the Corbyn party’s support means they are obliged to join: “That the merest sliver of a promise of agency and collective action has resulted in 800,000 expressions of interest for an as yet unformed party is a moment to sit up and take notice. Maybe the political landscape of the UK is more varied than bottom-trawling Reform and an authoritarian Labour Party.” Corbyn collaborated with JSO before back in 2022 to stage a “major wave of popular mass action” which did nothing. Corbyn has an army of activists at his disposal now. The militant wing of the party – Jezza must be pinching himself…
Four Just Stop Oil activists – whom the group has dubbed ‘The Manchester Four’ – have been jailed after being convicted of conspiracy to intentionally cause a public nuisance at Manchester airport last August. The Minshull Crown Court heard the eco-warriors were arrested after planning to glue themselves to the taxiway. Each were ordered to pay a £2,000 fine, with the four given the following sentences:
Any Just Stop Oil activists left will be pleased the group has decided to give up on protest stunts…
Good to see the green-fingered environment hacks over at state-funded colossus the BBC have noticed the demise of Just Stop Oil. Guido noticed a month ago…
A “BBC in depth” piece from Justin Rowlatt looks ahead to the group’s ‘final protest’ tomorrow:
“The group’s official line is that they’ve won their battle because their demand that there should be no new oil and gas licences is now government policy. But privately members of JSO admit tough new powers brought in to police disruptive protests have made it almost impossible for groups like it to operate.”
In short, the measures brought in by the Tories to clamp down on ambulance blockers and traffic disrupters worked. As did dragging them out of the road…
Rowlatt salivates: “But the end of JSO also raises some big questions, including if this is really the end of disruptive climate protest in the UK or whether being forced underground could spawn new, even more disruptive or chaotic climate action.” Either way, taxpayers will not be sorry to see the orange-vested back of JSO – its protests cost the Met Police alone almost £20 million in 2023. Odd that the Tories are so quiet on this one…
As Guido flagged last month, the economy-wrecking and ambulance-delaying crazies over at Just Stop Oil have called time on their direct action tactics. Whether slow-walking in front of traffic or sitting in the middle of the road, JSO’s reign of terror led to commuter fury, especially in London. Their tactics became so unpopular that the group realised it was doing damage to its own message, a classic hard left flop…
Now a group of successor organisations are popping up on the radar to take over where JSO has left off. A bunch of nutters called ‘Stop the System’ are planning operations to cut fibre optic internet cables at companies they accuse of “destroying life on earth” by using fossil fuels. One of their actions in January saw Lloyd’s of London, WR Berkley, Chubb and Tokio Marine impacted…
Then there is The Tyre Extinguishers, a loony outfit which goes around slashing the tyres of SUVs. The group has struck several times in the UK and other European countries. One victim told the BBC: “You deflated my tyres without knowing who I am and my status in life. My mother is in palliative care and I came to the car to go to her, but because of your vicious act, I am stuck trying to reinflate my tyres!”. The group seeks to exploit a legal loophole causing uncertainty over whether it is a crime to let the air out the tyres on someone else’s vehicle…
A recent overview of the operations of climate extremists notes that the Conservative-led charge to toughen up laws against direct action had a profound effect disabling JSO’s operations and forcing its shutdown: “From inside the group, I heard that churn had increased: it was proving tricky to recruit when the jail time was no longer a mere possibility but a tangible prospect. A long-running criticism of both XR and JSO, that they recklessly endangered their actionists, seems to have finally had an effect on sign ups.” Don’t be surprised if Labour is weak on this new wave of trouble…
Just Stop Oil says it’s giving up on protests. In an email to supporters the eco-terrorists claim “initial demand to end new oil and gas is now government policy, making us one of the most successful civil resistance campaigns in recent history. We’ve kept over 4.4 billion barrels of oil in the ground and the courts have ruled new oil and gas licences unlawful.” Ed Miliband to thank for that one…
The organisation says protests aimed at securing an arrest will cease from the end of April while still shilling for donations:
“So it is the end of soup on Van Goghs, cornstarch on Stonehenge and slow marching in the streets. But it is not the end of trials, of tagging and surveillance, of fines, probation and years in prison. We have exposed the corruption at the heart of our legal system, which protects those causing death and destruction while prosecuting those seeking to minimize harm. Just Stop Oil will continue to tell the truth in the courts, speak out for our political prisoners and call out the UK’s oppressive anti-protest laws. We continue to rely on small donations from the public to make this happen.”
JSO explains it is “creating a new strategy, to face the reality of runaway global heating, mass death, economic collapse, and rising fascism and to carry our responsibilities at this time. Nothing short of a revolution is going to protect us from the coming storms.” Guido would not be surprised if the glue and hi-vis came back out of the cupboard before too long…
They say there will be “one last action” on 26 April on Parliament Square: “This will be a lower-risk action and we won’t be pushing for arrest.” Giving up on protests because all the eco-loons are already in prison…
Wiltshire police arrested two Just Stop Oil protestors back in June after they sprayed Stonehenge orange. Apparently they were “demanding the incoming government sign up to a legally binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030″…
73-year-old Rajan Naidu and 22-year-old Niamh Lynch have now been charged with destroying or damaging an ancient protected monument. On December 13th they’ll appear at Salisbury Magistrates’ Court for a first hearing. Their Van Gogh soup-throwing comrades have recently been sentenced to two years in the clink…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”