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Just Stop Oil eco-zealots to end protests after Ed Miliband caves in to their demands

Published on March 28, 2025 at 02:07 AM

JUST Stop Oil eco-zealots will end their protests after Ed Miliband caved in to their demands to wean Britain off fossil fuels.

The activists hailed Mr Miliband’s Department of Energy and Net Zero policy for implementing their demand to block new oil and gas licences.

Just Stop Oil eco-zealots will end their protests after Ed Miliband caves in to their demands
The activists hailed Mr Miliband’s Department of Energy and Net Zero policy

In an announcement on social media, the group — whose members blocked motorways and disrupted the Ashes cricket — boasted: “Just Stop Oil's 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.”;

Downing Street scrambled to distance PM Sir Keir Starmer from the extremist activists.

Commenting on the group shutting down, a spokesperson for the PM said: “That’s a decision for them.

“We have been very clear when it comes to oil and gas that it has a future for decades to come in our energy mix.”;

The spokesperson added: “I’m sure there will be plenty of members of the public happy to hear that they will be causing less disruption in the future.”;

Just Stop Oil first burst onto British streets in 2022, vowing to bring the country to a standstill unless the government ditched fossil fuels.

They glued themselves to artwork, chucked orange powder at sporting events and stormed onto the stage at West End shows.

Their most infamous stunt came when two protesters hurled soup at Van Gogh painting Sunflowers in the National Gallery.

They also caused misery for commuters with motorway disruption.

Following a government crackdown on public nuisance protesting, some were jailed or given hefty fines.

Crossbench peer and ex-government advisor on political violence Lord Walney warned JSO members could return as a new eco protest group.

He said “extreme eco groups constantly reinvent themselves to get more attention.

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