Climate activists have blocked off The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace by holding a sit-down protest this morning.
Around 30 activists started sitting on the road at 8.45am wearing orange high-visibility jackets and holding Just Stop Oil banners.
It is the tenth day of protests in a row and it was organised by the group which is calling for the Government to halt new fossil fuel licensing and production.
Since October 1, activists have been blocking a number of roads around Westminster and yesterday angry drivers were seen dragging protesters from the street.
This morning, a taxi driver shouted at them: "F****** load of w******. Go and get a real f****** job."
One Scottish man on a bike shouted words of support, telling activists: "Go on the protestors, you're doing great work. Stay strong."
Emma Brown, 31, who lives in Glasgow and is one of the Just Stop Oil protestors blocking The Mall, said that the activists "would walk 500 miles" to "just stop oil".
Ms Brown said that the protesters had come down from Scotland and that this was her first demonstration.
She said: "We've come down because the Government is pressing ahead with over 100 new fossil fuel licences.
"And that is literally a death sentence for all of us here and for all of you.
"So we can't allow this to continue. We have to have a cut-off somewhere. We've seen the effects already on our doorstep.
"We're seeing the effects all over the globe. And this madness has to stop."
Activist Ailith Stewart, 20, a student from Edinburgh, said: "I'm taking action with Just Stop Oil because I'm tired of feeling ignored by the government at Westminster.
"Their decisions don't represent the best interests of the people. There is so much that can be done to mitigate the climate crisis, but this government seems intent on 'ignoring it all and making ordinary people suffer in the name of profit.
"If there's any chance we can show them that the people won't stand for it, I want to take it. There's more of us than there are of them, and we're where their power comes from."
Several police officers and police liaison officers were at The Mall talking to the protesters.
A Just Stop Oil spokesman said: "At 8.45am this morning, 30 supporters of Just Stop Oil established a roadblock on the Mall, stopping traffic in either direction.
"They are sitting in the road, and some have glued themselves to the Tarmac."
