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Just Stop Oil protesters spray paint over Bentley, Ferrari and Bugatti showrooms in London
Two protesters have been arrested after targeting several luxury car dealerships in central London.
The Just Stop Oil demonstrators sprayed orange paint over the showrooms of HR Owen Bugatti, Jack Barclay Bentley, Bentley Motor Cars London and Ferrari Mayfair at around 8.30am today.
The Metropolitan Police said two protesters had been arrested for criminal damage.
Pic: Just Stop Oil
Carmen Lean, a 28-year-old architecture student from Glasgow, said: “We pay exorbitant bills for oil and gas but it’s nothing compared to the price our kids will pay for it.
“New oil and gas is a death sentence for people all around the world. You can throw us in prison but it won’t stop our outrage at this government throwing millions of people under the bus.
“We’re not asking for no new oil, we’re demanding it.
“This government is using the crisis to push through more austerity on one hand and new oil licences on the other. Both are death sentences. If this government cared about people, they would be insulating homes, investing in affordable public transport and massively scaling up renewables.”
On Tuesday morning, Just Stop Oil protesters targeted the offices of a climate-sceptic think tank in central London, spraying orange paint across the facade of the building in Westminster.
They said they were targeting the HQ Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), founded by former Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson, which aims to combat what it sees as harmful climate policies.
It came as part of a wider protest which saw six protesters block Horseferry Road at the junction with Tufton Street in Westminster yesterday morning, disrupting traffic as they sat in the road holding Just Stop Oil banners.
Some glued themselves to the road while others locked themselves together.
Pic: Just Stop Oil
The Met said seven people were arrested on suspicion of wilful obstruction of the highway and one was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage in relation to the incident.
Just Stop Oil said it will continue its month-long series of protests as it called on the government to halt all new oil and gas licences and consents.
A total of 585 arrests have been made since the group began its campaign, according to Just Stop Oil.
It said its supporters had been arrested 1,900 times, with seven currently in prison.