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'''Just Stop Oil''' is a British [[environmental activist]] group primarily focused on the issue of [[Climate change|human-caused climate change]]. The group aims to convince the [[British government]] to commit to ending new [[Energy in the United Kingdom|fossil fuel]] licensing and production using [[civil resistance]], [[nonviolent direct action]], [[traffic obstruction]], and [[vandalism]].<ref name="theguardian-gayle-1-april">{{cite web |last=Gayle |first=Damien |access-date=
== Views and methods ==
Just Stop Oil opposes the [[Government of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom government]] granting new fossil fuel licensing and production agreements;<ref name="theguardian-gayle-1-april" /> on its website, it calls for the government to stop all future consents and licensing agreements related to the development, exploration, and production of [[Energy in the United Kingdom|fossil fuels in the country]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 March 2022
The group describes itself as [[decentralised]] and non-[[Hierarchy|hierarchical]], with activists in the group operating in autonomous blocs that share resources but have no formal leadership.<ref name="Lynskey-2022">{{Cite web |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=
The group favours [[nonviolent direct action]] and [[civil resistance]]<ref name="theguardian-gayle-1-april" /> and follows an approach of general social disruption, similar to the methods of [[Climate movement|climate activist]] groups [[Extinction Rebellion]] and [[Insulate Britain protests|Insulate Britain]], although favouring cultural institutions as protest targets.<ref>{{cite web |last=Saltmarsh |first=Chris |date=
In January 2024 at a meeting at the Old Print Works in Birmingham, Just Stop Oil was constituted as one of four groups under a central coordinating group called Umbrella. The other three groups under 'Umbrella' are Assemble, Robin Hood, and [[Youth Demand]].<ref name=GuardJul24/>
=== Reception and governmental response ===
The group has garnered criticism for their protest methods, such as blocking roads and [[vandalism]].<ref name="Daisley-2022" /><ref name="Townsend-2022" /><ref name="Smithsonian Magazine" /> The group has a "[[Emergency vehicle equipment in the United Kingdom|blue light]] policy" to let emergency vehicles through traffic blocks created by protesters.<ref>{{cite news |last=Keay |first=Lara |date=21 October 2022 |title=Who are Just Stop Oil - the climate activists who keep causing disruption? |website=Sky News |url=https://news.sky.com/story/just-stop-oil-vow-to-keep-causing-disruption-and-have-this-message-for-people-who-are-affected-12726066 |access-date=23 October 2022 |archive-date=23 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023171620/https://news.sky.com/story/just-stop-oil-vow-to-keep-causing-disruption-and-have-this-message-for-people-who-are-affected-12726066 |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2022, [[Metropolitan Police]] Commissioner [[Mark Rowley]] suggested that Just Stop Oil was being "much less assertive" in its protests following the arrests of some suspected prominent members of the group.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 December 2022
As of November 2022, eight credentialled journalists have been arrested while covering Just Stop Oil protests.<ref name="the Guardian-2022">{{Cite web |date=9 November 2022
In 2023, BBC News reported that climate activists were being referred to the [[Prevent strategy]], a [[counterterrorism]] scheme aimed at identifying extremists, including an incident at [[Falmouth University]] regarding an event for the group.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 December 2023 |title=Prevent: Rise in climate activists referred to anti-terror scheme |quote=Mat Osmond, who's a senior lecturer at Falmouth University in Cornwall, told the BBC his employer asked him to re-take Prevent training after he helped to organise a student Just Stop Oil talk on campus last year. |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67665218 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
In July 2024, five members of the group were given prison sentences for their plot to block the M25 in November 2022. [[Roger Hallam (activist)|Roger Hallam]], a co-founder of the group, was sentenced to five years in jail, the others four.<ref name="sentence">{{cite news |title=Five 'fanatic' Just Stop Oil protesters jailed for plot to block M25 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/just-stop-oil-co-founder-among-five-protesters-jailed-for-m25-disruption-13179407 |access-date=19 July 2024 |work=Sky News |language=en}}</ref
=== Funding ===
Just Stop Oil reports that all their funding is through donations,<ref name="Lynskey-2022" /> with the group accepting both traditional currency and [[cryptocurrencies]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silkoff |first=Shira |date=
In October 2023, green energy industrialist [[Dale Vince]], who had donated over £340,000 to Just Stop Oil,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sinmaz |first1=Emine |last2=@Emine_Sinmaz |date=7 June 2023
== Protests ==
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==== BAFTA Film Awards, football match ====
On 13 March, supporters wearing T-shirts with 'Just Stop Oil' disrupted the [[75th British Academy Film Awards|75th]] [[British Academy Film Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Gayle |first=Damien |access-date=
On 20 March, two supporters attempted to disrupt a football match at [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]'s [[Emirates Stadium]] in London but were intercepted. On 21 March, one supporter stopped play at a football match at [[Goodison Park]] in Liverpool when he ran onto the pitch and [[cable tie]]d himself to a goalpost by his neck.<ref name="theguardian-gayle-1-april" /><ref>{{cite news |access-date=
==== Oil company protests and sabotage ====
Beginning on 1 April, they carried out England-wide blockades of ten critical oil facilities, intending to cut off the supply of petrol to [[South East England]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Smyth |first1=Chris |last2=Webster |first2=Ben |date=11 April 2022 |title=Just Stop Oil activists wrong to disrupt people's lives, says George Eustice |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/just-stop-oil-activists-cause-fuel-shortage-6cfppsrwf |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=The Times |archive-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410234735/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/just-stop-oil-activists-cause-fuel-shortage-6cfppsrwf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="inews">{{cite web |access-date=
==== British Grand Prix ====
On 3 July, a group of Just Stop Oil supporters walked onto the track at the [[2022 British Grand Prix]] after the race had been suspended due to a crash on the opening lap and sat down on the asphalt. They were arrested by police. [[Formula One]] drivers [[Sergio Pérez]], [[Lewis Hamilton]], and [[Carlos Sainz Jr.|Carlos Sainz]] said they supported the protestors' cause but that they should not have put themselves at risk of physical harm. F1 president [[Stefano Domenicali]] criticised the protesting method and did not comment on the cause.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/62030105 |title=British Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton backs protests but Mercedes question methods |author=Andrew Benson |date=3 July 2022 |work=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=4 July 2022 |archive-date=4 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704042451/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/62030105 |url-status=live }}</ref> Before the event, the [[Northamptonshire Police]] warned they had "creditable intelligence" that a group of protesters were planning to disrupt the race and potentially attempt a [[Pitch invasion|track invasion]] and that the protest would be related to environmental issues, but the warning did not mention Just Stop Oil by name.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 July 2022
==== Art galleries ====
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A group of supporters glued themselves to the frame of a copy of [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s ''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last Supper]]'' painting at the [[Royal Academy of Arts]] on 5 July.<ref name="GuardJul522">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jul/05/just-stop-oil-campaigners-glue-themselves-to-da-vinci-copy-in-royal-academy |title=Just Stop Oil campaigners glue themselves to Da Vinci copy in Royal Academy |date=5 July 2022 |author=Damien Gayle |work=The Guardian | accessdate=5 July 2022}}</ref> 'No New Oil' was spray painted on a wall underneath the painting.<ref name="GuardJul522" /> In February 2023, these activists were fined £486 each for causing unintended criminal damage but found not guilty to a further charge of causing damage to a piece of furniture that they had not been near.<ref>{{cite news |title=Just Stop Oil activists fined for damaging Last Supper |work=BBC News |date=8 February 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64566239 |access-date=10 February 2023 |archive-date=10 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210075751/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64566239 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 14 October, two Just Stop Oil protesters, Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland, threw tomato soup at the fourth version of [[Vincent van Gogh]]'s 1888 work, The Arles ''[[Sunflowers (Van Gogh series)|Sunflowers]],'' in the National Gallery, and then glued their hands to the wall below the painting before delivering a verbal statement. The painting was protected by glass, a factor Just Stop Oil said they had taken into account,<ref name="guardian-vangogh" /><ref>{{cite news|first=Alex|last=Marshall|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/14/arts/design/soup-van-gogh-sunflowers-climate.html|title=Climate Protesters Throw Soup Over van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'|date=14 October 2022|access-date=29 January 2024|website=The New York Times|location=London, England|archive-date=29 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129033011/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/14/arts/design/soup-van-gogh-sunflowers-climate.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and was not damaged; however, the frame, itself of significant value, suffered some slight damage.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 October 2022 |title=Just Stop Oil protesters throw tomato soup over Van Gogh's Sunflowers masterpiece |url=https://news.sky.com/story/just-stop-oil-protesters-throw-tomato-soup-over-van-goghs-sunflowers-masterpiece-12720183 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016193515/https://news.sky.com/story/just-stop-oil-protesters-throw-tomato-soup-over-van-goghs-sunflowers-masterpiece-12720183 |archive-date=16 October 2022 |accessdate=14 October 2022 |work=[[Sky News]]}}</ref><ref name="guardian-vangogh">{{cite web |last=Gayle |first=Damien |date=14 October 2022 |title=Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at Van Gogh's Sunflowers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/14/just-stop-oil-activists-throw-soup-at-van-goghs-sunflowers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014110604/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/14/just-stop-oil-activists-throw-soup-at-van-goghs-sunflowers |archive-date=
Plummer and Holland were charged with criminal damage after causing £10,000 worth of damage to the gold-coloured frame of the glass-covered painting, and were jailed for 2 years and 20 months respectively.<ref name="sunflowerjail">{{cite web |title=Just Stop Oil protesters jailed for throwing soup on Sunflowers |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly7zy3d3exo |website=BBC News |access-date=27 September 2024 |date=27 September 2024}}</ref> When sentencing the judge added that "You clearly think your beliefs give you the right to commit crimes when you feel like it. You do not."<ref name="sunflowerjail"/>
On 27 October, three Belgian protesters of Just Stop Oil Belgium (not affiliated with Just Stop Oil) glued themselves to the surrounds of ''[[Girl with a Pearl Earring]]'' by [[Johannes Vermeer]] at [[Mauritshuis]] museum in the [[Netherlands]]. The painting, protected by glass, was not damaged.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chung |first=Christine |date=10 November 2022 |orig-date=Originally published 27 October 2022 |title=Climate Protester Glues His Head to 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' Painting |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/arts/pearl-earring-vermeer-climate-activists.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027220953/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/arts/pearl-earring-vermeer-climate-activists.html |archive-date=27 October 2022 |access-date=27 October 2022 |website=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref> The three were subsequently sentenced to two months in prison, with one month suspended by a Dutch court.<ref name="GirlWithAPearlUpdate" /> Two years later, [[Judiciary of the Netherlands|The Hague Court of Appeal]] issued a statement on 11 March 2024 ruling that the protesters would no longer face any punishment for their actions. The ruling stated that the protesters spent 23 days in [[pre-trial detention]], believing that a prison sentence would be "too drastic" and would have a "[[chilling effect]]" on the [[freedom of speech|freedom of expression]] and the [[freedom of assembly]].<ref name="GirlWithAPearlUpdate">{{Cite news |date=2024-03-11 |title=Climate protesters convicted of defacing Girl with a Pearl Earring will not go to prison |url=https://nltimes.nl/2024/03/11/climate-protesters-convicted-defacing-girl-pearl-earring-will-go-prison |access-date=2024-04-01 |work=NL Times |archive-date=22 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622063406/https://nltimes.nl/2024/03/11/climate-protesters-convicted-defacing-girl-pearl-earring-will-go-prison |url-status=live }}</ref>▼
▲On 27 October, three Belgian protesters of Just Stop Oil Belgium (not affiliated with Just Stop Oil) glued themselves to the surrounds of ''[[Girl with a Pearl Earring]]'' by [[Johannes Vermeer]] at [[Mauritshuis]] museum in the [[Netherlands]]. The painting, protected by glass, was not damaged.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chung |first=Christine |date=10 November 2022 |orig-date=Originally published 27 October 2022 |title=Climate Protester Glues His Head to 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' Painting |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/arts/pearl-earring-vermeer-climate-activists.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027220953/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/arts/pearl-earring-vermeer-climate-activists.html |archive-date=27 October 2022 |access-date=27 October 2022 |website=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref> The three were subsequently sentenced to two months in prison, with one month suspended by a Dutch court.<ref name="GirlWithAPearlUpdate" /> Two years later, [[Judiciary of the Netherlands|The Hague Court of Appeal]] issued a statement on 11 March 2024 ruling that the protesters would no longer face any punishment for their actions. The ruling stated that the protesters spent 23 days in [[pre-trial detention]], believing that a prison sentence would be "too drastic" and would have a "[[chilling effect]]" on the [[freedom of speech|freedom of expression]] and the [[freedom of assembly]].<ref name="GirlWithAPearlUpdate">{{Cite news |date=11 March 2024
==== London protests ====
On 26 August, the group blocked seven petrol stations in Central London and vandalised fuel pumps.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lancefield |first=Neil |date=26 August 2022 |title=Just Stop Oil protesters target London petrol stations |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/just-stop-oil-london-m25-metropolitan-police-government-b2153150.html |url-status=live |access-date=26 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826121944/https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/just-stop-oil-london-m25-metropolitan-police-government-b2153150.html |archive-date=26 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gayle |first=Damien |date=26 August 2022 |title=Just Stop Oil protesters blockade central London petrol stations |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/26/just-stop-oil-protesters-blockade-central-london-petrol-stations |url-status=live |access-date=26 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826082625/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/26/just-stop-oil-protesters-blockade-central-london-petrol-stations |archive-date=26 August 2022}}</ref> Forty-three people around London were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 August 2022 |title=Just Stop Oil protesters vow to keep blocking roads after repeatedly being bailed by police |newspaper=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/26/just-stop-oil-protesters-block-pumps-seven-service-stations/ |access-date=26 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Police detain Just Stop Oil protester attempting to block London petrol station |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/police-detain-just-stop-oil-protester-attempting-to-block-london-petrol-station/vi-AA117orJ?category=foryou |access-date=26 August 2022 |website=[[MSN]] |archive-date=26 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826141959/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/police-detain-just-stop-oil-protester-attempting-to-block-london-petrol-station/vi-AA117orJ?category=foryou |url-status=live }}</ref>
Around October, Just Stop Oil started a months-long protest in London.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 October 2022
On 17 October, two supporters scaled the [[Dartford Crossing|Queen Elizabeth II Bridge]], which connects the M25 between Essex and Kent, causing its closure. One of the climbers, Morgan Trowland, was a bridge design engineer from London.<ref>{{Cite news |date=
On 20 October, about 20 members spray-painted the exterior windows of [[Harrods]] in [[Knightsbridge]]. Two members of the group were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.<ref>{{Cite news |date=
[[File:Just Stop Oil Madame Tussauds 24102022.png|thumb|October 2022 protest at Madame Tussauds|alt=Two people, wearing Just Stop Oil t-shirts, stand in front of wax sculptures.]]
On 24 October, two Just Stop Oil protesters smeared cake on a [[Wax sculpture|waxwork]] of [[King Charles III]] at [[Madame Tussauds]].<ref>{{cite news |date=
On 25 October, protesters sprayed paint on [[55 Tufton Street]], a building housing [[climate change denial]] think tanks.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 October 2022 |title=Just Stop Oil Protesters Throw Paint Over Climate Change Sceptic Group HQ in London |url=https://news.sky.com/story/just-stop-oil-protesters-throw-paint-over-climate-sceptic-group-hq-in-london-12729825 |url-status=live |access-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025153702/https://news.sky.com/story/just-stop-oil-protesters-throw-paint-over-climate-sceptic-group-hq-in-london-12729825 |archive-date=25 October 2022}}</ref> On 26 October, police arrested more than a dozen activists who blocked [[Piccadilly]] and spray-painted luxury car showrooms in [[Mayfair]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 October 2022 |title=Just Stop Oil protests - live: 13 arrests as activists target Piccadilly and Mayfair |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/just-stop-oil-protests-news-ferrari-mayfair-b2210800.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026093609/https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/just-stop-oil-protests-news-ferrari-mayfair-b2210800.html |archive-date=26 October 2022 |access-date=26 October 2022 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
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==== M25 ====
{{main|Just Stop Oil M25 blockade case}}
On 7 November, multiple junctions of the M25 motorway were closed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63539967|title=Just Stop Oil: Activists carry out M25 protest despite police plan|date=7 November 2022|accessdate=7 November 2022|work=BBC News|archive-date=7 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107082458/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63539967|url-status=live}}</ref> On 11 November, the group announced it would pause its protests on the M25.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-63594641 | title=Just Stop Oil: M25 protests to be halted immediately | publisher=BBC News | date=11 November 2022 | access-date=11 November 2022 | archive-date=11 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111081408/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-63594641 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=Grierson | first=Jamie | title=Just Stop Oil to halt protests on M25 | newspaper=The Guardian | date=11 November 2022 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/11/just-stop-oil-to-halt-protests-on-m25-motorway | access-date=11 November 2022 | archive-date=11 November 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111094406/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/11/just-stop-oil-to-halt-protests-on-m25-motorway | url-status=live }}</ref> In November, 57-year-old Jan Goodey from [[Brighton]] was jailed for six months after pleading guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance after taking part in this protest.<ref>{{Cite web |date=
In July 2024, five environmental protesters associated with the group
=== 2023 ===
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Protesters representing Just Stop Oil have staged disruptions at several sporting matches.
On 17 April, during evening sessions at the [[2023 World Snooker Championship]], two protesters attempted to climb onto two tables at the [[Crucible Theatre]] in [[Sheffield]], disrupting first-round matches between [[Robert Milkins]] and [[Joe Perry (snooker player)|Joe Perry]] and between [[Mark Allen (snooker player)|Mark Allen]] and [[Fan Zhengyi]]. One protester climbed onto the table where Milkins was playing Perry and spread an orange powder on it, halting play on that table for the night after efforts to remove the powder failed. Another protester failed to climb onto the table where Allen was playing Fan, after being restrained by referee [[Olivier Marteel]]. Both protesters were arrested. The match between Fan and Allen resumed after a 45-minute delay and the match between Milkins and Perry was rescheduled to begin again the following day.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Play stopped by protesters at World Snooker Championship |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/65305903 |access-date=
Protesters forced a stoppage at the 27 May [[Rugby Premiership]] final between [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens]] and [[Sale Sharks]] by invading the pitch and throwing orange paint powder on the field.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 May 2023 |title=Protesters force stoppage of Twickenham showpiece between Saracens and Sale |publisher=BBC |agency=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/65734664 |access-date=27 May 2023 |archive-date=27 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527151804/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/65734664 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Premiership final-2023">{{cite news |date=28 May 2023 |title=Premiership final: Two charged over Just Stop Oil rugby final protest |publisher=BBC |agency=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65738061 |access-date=28 May 2023 |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528121139/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65738061 |url-status=live }}</ref> Two men were later charged by the Metropolitan Police with aggravated trespass.<ref name="Premiership final-2023" />
On 1 June, prior to the eve of the [[Irish cricket team in England in 2023|one-off Test match between England and Ireland]], the [[England cricket team]] bus was briefly halted by Just Stop Oil protestors during the team's way when they were set to reach the [[Lord's]] ground.<ref>{{Cite web |title=England cricket team bus blocked by Just Stop Oil protesters ahead of Test match at Lord's |url=https://news.sky.com/story/england-cricket-team-bus-blocked-by-just-stop-oil-protesters-ahead-of-test-match-at-lords-12894172 |access-date=7 June 2023
On 5 July, two protesters interrupted a tennis match at the [[2023 Wimbledon Championships|136th Wimbledon Championships]] by throwing orange confetti and jigsaw pieces onto the court.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wimbledon 2023: Just Stop Oil protesters interrupt play at All England Club |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/66041547 |access-date=5 July 2023 |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207145528/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/66041547 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 17 July, one of the protesters who had disrupted play during the World Snooker Championship attempted to disrupt their own graduation ceremony at [[University of Exeter]] along with another individual.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Just Stop Oil supporter disrupts own graduation ceremony at University of Exeter |date=
On 21 July, during the [[2023 Open Championship|151st Open Championship]] at [[Hoylake]], 4 protesters attempted to disrupt play, by running onto the 17th hole, setting off a flare, and throwing orange powder onto the green. They were later arrested by police.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Just Stop Oil protesters attempt to disrupt Championship at Royal Liverpool |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/66267258 |access-date=21 July 2023 |archive-date=21 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721115646/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/66267258 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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Five protesters were charged by police after halting the annual [[Pride in London|London Pride march]] on 1 July. They sat in front of the [[The Coca-Cola Company|Coca-Cola]] float to protest about the company's use of plastics.<ref>{{cite news |title=London Pride: Five Just Stop Oil protesters charged |work=BBC News |date=2 July 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66080222 |access-date=3 July 2023 |archive-date=2 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702203644/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66080222 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{anchor|Confettigate}}On 8 July, a woman disrupted [[George Osborne]]'s wedding by throwing orange confetti on Osborne and his wife as they left the ceremony. Just Stop Oil made statements calling the incident "Confettigate" and highlighting Osborne's environmental record during [[Chancellorship of George Osborne|his stint]] as [[Chancellor of the Exchequer|Chancellor]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cooney |first1=Christy |title=George Osborne's wedding disrupted by Just Stop Oil protest |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/08/george-osbornes-wedding-disrupted-by-just-stop-oil-protest |website=The Guardian |access-date=9 July 2023 |date=8 July 2023 |archive-date=9 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709000404/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/08/george-osbornes-wedding-disrupted-by-just-stop-oil-protest |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Mark |date=9 July 2023
On 14 July, two protesters interrupted the first night of the [[Proms]] at the [[Royal Albert Hall]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66207576 |title=Just Stop Oil protesters interrupt the Proms |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=15 July 2023 |accessdate=15 July 2023 |archive-date=14 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714212707/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66207576 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 21 July, a traffic disruption organised by Just Stop Oil in [[Acton, London]] during [[rush hour]] went viral for preventing a mother with a newborn child from driving to the hospital.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weston |first=Katie |date=
On 4 October, five protesters stopped a performance of the [[West End theatre|West End]] production of ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/just-stop-oil-protesters-interrupt-london-les-miserables-performance|title=Just Stop Oil Protesters Interrupt London ''Les Misérables'' Performance|first=Molly|last=Higgins|work=Playbill|date=4 October 2023|accessdate=4 October 2023|archive-date=5 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005074151/https://playbill.com/article/just-stop-oil-protesters-interrupt-london-les-miserables-performance|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Just Stop Oil protest, Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, October 2023 (2).jpg|thumb|Orange paint on the entrance of the [[Radcliffe Camera]] after a Just Stop Oil protest in October 2023]]
On 9 and 10 October, protesters sprayed paint on the Queen's Building at [[Bristol University]], The Forum at [[Exeter University]] and the [[Radcliffe Camera]] at the [[University of Oxford]] to highlight links between universities and fossil fuel groups.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Charlie Watts |title=Just Stop Oil activist arrested after targeting Bristol University |url=https://www.bristol247.com/climate/news-climate/just-stop-oil-activist-arrested-after-targeting-bristol-university/ |website=Bristol 24/7 |access-date=10 October 2023 |date=9 October 2023 |archive-date=10 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010080506/https://www.bristol247.com/climate/news-climate/just-stop-oil-activist-arrested-after-targeting-bristol-university/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Elliot Ball |title=Live - Just Stop Oil protest at University of Exeter |url=https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/live-just-stop-oil-protest-8819918 |website=Devon Live |access-date=10 October 2023 |date=10 October 2023 |archive-date=11 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011015227/https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/live-just-stop-oil-protest-8819918 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Maggie Wilcox |title=Mixed feelings from students after Just Stop Oil vandalise RadCam |url=https://cherwell.org/2023/10/10/mixed-feelings-from-students-after-just-stop-oil-vandalise-radcam/ |website=[[Cherwell (newspaper)|Cherwell]] |access-date=10 October 2023 |date=10 October 2023 |archive-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014065854/https://cherwell.org/2023/10/10/mixed-feelings-from-students-after-just-stop-oil-vandalise-radcam/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 15 October, three protesters disrupted a ''[[Tekken 7]]'' tournament at [[EGX (expo)|EGX London]] by smearing and spraying orange paint on the competitors' [[computer monitor]]s and the overhead display, demanding "that the UK government immediately cease all new licencing for coal, oil, and gas". The protesters were later removed by security and arrested by the police for criminal damage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bevan |first=Rhiannon |date=
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On 8 November, at least 40 protesters were arrested for disrupting traffic on [[Waterloo Bridge]] in [[Waterloo, London]]. The protest also garnered additional attention due to a claim from the Metropolitan Police that the protesters had blocked an ambulance flashing [[Emergency vehicle equipment in the United Kingdom|blue lights]]. Just Stop Oil accused the police of blaming the blockage on the organisation, claiming that the police officers were the ones blocking the ambulance. After the Waterloo Bridge demonstration was dispersed, five protesters from the group moved to [[Strand, London|The Strand]] and were arrested afterwards.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dunne |first=John |date=8 November 2024
=== 2024 ===
On 22 February, [[Labour and Co-operative Party]] politician [[Stella Creasy]] wrote an opinion piece in ''[[The Guardian]]'' in response to Just Stop Oil co-founder Sarah Lunnon's opinion piece in ''The Guardian'' justifying [[picketing]] at the homes of [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]] (MPs) in an effort to convince Labour MPs to end [[Tory]] oil and gas policies. Creasy warned that Just Stop Oil's intimidation tactics will normalise violence and harassment towards politicians and undermine democracy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dugan |first=Emily |date=
On 27 March, Just Stop Oil posted a video on [[Twitter]] showing protester Phoebe Plummer breaking her bail by delivering a letter to what the organisation claimed was the house of Labour Party politician [[Wes Streeting]]. Streeting replied directly to the video stating that the home that Plummer visited and delivered the letter to was not his house.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dex |first=Robert |date=
On 10 May, two women targeted [[Magna Carta]] in the [[British Library]]. Reverend Dr Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judy Bruce, an 85-year-old retired biology teacher, broke the glass container around the document with a hammer and [[chisel]]. They then held up a sign stating, "The government is breaking the law." However, the documents themselves were undamaged.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.sky.com/story/just-stop-oil-protesters-in-their-80s-target-magna-carta-13132732 |title=Just Stop Oil protesters in their 80s target Magna Carta |date=10 May 2024 |website=Sky News |accessdate=10 May 2024 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510112026/https://news.sky.com/story/just-stop-oil-protesters-in-their-80s-target-magna-carta-13132732 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nicholls |first=Catherine |date=
On 7 June, two women protestors sprayed orange powder paint into the air from within the crowd gathered outside of [[Chester Cathedral]] for the wedding of [[Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster]] and [[Olivia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster|Olivia Henson]].<ref name= bbc>{{cite news |title=Paint sprayed in air outside duke's wedding |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd11k50vy95o |access-date=8 June 2024 |work=BBC News |first=Chris |last=Long |date=7 June 2024 |archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608011638/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd11k50vy95o |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Cheshire Constabulary|Cheshire Police]] arrested a 69-year-old woman from [[Manchester]] and a 73-year-old woman from [[Suffolk]] for using devices to project the powder paint near the entrance of the cathedral as the couple made their way to the car.<ref name= bbc/>
On 27 September, hours after the sentencing of Plummer and Holland for their actions in 2022, three more activists from the group again attempted to douse the ''Sunflowers'' collection of paintings in coloured liquid and were arrested for their actions.<ref>{{cite news |title=Soup thrown at Vincent van Gogh paintings hours after Just Stop Oil protesters jailed |url=https://news.sky.com/story/just-stop-oil-activists-jailed-for-throwing-tomato-soup-over-van-goghs-sunflowers-13223010 |access-date=27 September 2024 |work=Sky News |language=en}}</ref>
==== Stonehenge ====
[[File:Vlcsnap at 0010-VIDEO 19062024 JustStopOil Stonehenge.png|thumb|Protestors vandalising Stonehenge]]
In 2024, Just Stop Oil vandalised three of [[Stonehenge]]'s stones. According to Just Stop Oil's website, the paint was made of an "orange cornflour" that would wash away in the rain.<ref>{{Cite web |date=
Just Stop Oil uploaded a video showing the defacement of the stones and the arrest of the activists involved and said that the activists "decorated" the stones to bring attention to the inability of the British government to "commit to defending our communities
Prime Minister [[Rishi Sunak]] called it a "disgraceful act of vandalism" to one of the UK's and the world's oldest and most significant monuments, and called on anyone associated with Just Stop Oil or who donated to them to condemn the act. [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Leader of the Labour Party]] [[Keir Starmer|Sir Keir Starmer]] called the damage "outrageous" while deeming Just Stop Oil as "pathetic", demanding that the activists and anyone else involved with the act "face the full force of the law".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Stavrou |first=Athena |date=
Archaeologist [[Mike Pitts (archaeologist)|Mike Pitts]] expressed his strong concern over the potential damage, and said that the [[Megalith|megaliths]] were fenced off and guarded to protect their surfaces, which were entirely covered in prehistoric markings that have not been fully analyzed. He also expressed concern about possible damage to the diverse [[lichen]]
A Just Stop Oil spokesperson responded to the outrage by stating that continued government inaction would entitle Just Stop Oil activists to recruit other European activists to acts of resistance, vaguely specifying that, "[[Stone circle|Stone circles]] can be found in every part of Europe, showing how we've always cooperated across vast distances – we're building on that legacy."<ref name=":0" />
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On 20 June, the protestors spray painted private jets at a private airfield at [[Stansted Airport]]. The group had been targeting a jet belonging to singer [[Taylor Swift]], but could not locate it.<ref>{{cite news |title=Just Stop Oil targets Taylor Swift’s jet – and fails to locate it |url=https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/06/20/just-stop-oil-targets-taylor-swifts-jet-and-fails-to-locate-it |access-date=21 June 2024 |work=euronews |date=20 June 2024 |language=en |archive-date=20 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620090848/https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/06/20/just-stop-oil-targets-taylor-swifts-jet-and-fails-to-locate-it |url-status=live }}</ref>
During the week of 27 June
On 29 July, the group blocked [[departure gate]]s at Gatwick Airport and seven people were arrested.<ref>{{cite news |title=Just Stop Oil activists arrested at Gatwick airport after seven blocked departure gates |url=https://news.sky.com/story/just-stop-oil-activists-block-departure-gates-at-gatwick-airport-13186651 |work=Sky News |language=en}}</ref>
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