Climate change protesters blocking an oil terminal as the nation mourns the Queen have said their demonstration is “not disrespectful”, claiming King Charles has previously backed action against “the cross-border threat”. About 50 Just Stop Oil activists sat across the main entrance to the Kingsbury Oil Terminal near Tamworth, Staffordshire, on Wednesday lunchtime, where an existing High Court injunction is in place.
The order gives a power of arrest outside the terminal and at the junctions of nearby roads, but although police were on the scene, no immediate arrests appeared to have been made. A handful of tankers were prevented from getting on site from about noon, when the protest began, but it is believed trucks have been directed to another entrance, preventing widespread disruption to facility operations.
Protesters were also at one point tackled by a local business owner – who told the PA news agency he operates a firm that runs fuel tankers in and out of the depot – angered at the demonstrators’ actions. Pulling up and getting out of his 4×4, gesturing at the demonstrators, he told them: “Do you know what you’re doing?
