Dylan Decaille
Bibliographic Entry: Zakir-Hussain, Maryam. “Just Stop Oil Protesters Blocking Road to Buckingham Palace Glue Themselves to the Mall.” The Independent, 3 Mar. 2023, www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/just-stop-oil-buckingham-palace-b2199259.html.
Terminology: Just stop Oil, Activists, Fossil Fuels
Precis: Just Stop Oil protestors were arrested at Buckingham Palace. These protestors glued themselves to the street before Buckingham Palace to raise awareness of climate change. The police officers had to get specialists to squirt a liquid into the hands of the protestors to separate the glue attached to them. The protestors wore orange vests to represent the organization. They reportedly disrupted the peace for 2 hours and 15 minutes. There were at least 40 police officers and 10 officer vehicles.
Reflection: This article, explains a situation that happened at Buckingham Palace. There were many protestors from Just Stop Oil which is a protest organization that wants to bring climate change awareness and deal with the problem. In my opinion, this is absolutely something that needs to be brought into focus because we do need to take care of our planet, and as a protest, I support Just Stop Oil. However, the way they do it can be questionable and they should think ahead more before some of their actions when protesting. To me I found it surprising they would glue themselves to the ground and not already have something to remove themselves, it was left up to specialists to come in and remove their hands.
Quotes: “The protesters, who traveled from Scotland, said they felt the need to act after the UK government gave its backing in September to an expansion of oil and gas operations in the North Sea.”
“Specialist officers used debonding liquid in plastic syringes to free the protesters who had glued themselves to the ground or to each other.”
“The activists started sitting in the road at 8.45am on Monday wearing orange hi-vis jackets and holding Just Stop Oil banners, blocking traffic in both directions – with some of them glued together or to the Tarmac.”
