Despite campaign group Just Stop Oil pausing protest action after a month of disruption, the protestors warned more is to come around the festive period. More protests are planned for Christmas in a move that could trigger furious reactions from festive shoppers.
The campaign group has previously blocked roads in London and glued themselves to tarmac and targeted buildings and famous paintings. This week Just Stop Oil said it was willing to pause disruption to give the Government time to "consider their responsibilities to this country
Activists have given ministers until the end of tomorrow to respond to their calls for new oil and gas licences to be halted. If it does not get a response by then, its activities will be "escalated".
More disruption will arrive around Christmas that will "continue in Civil Resistance until the government stops harming us, the ordinary everyday people of this country". Protesters say they will continue to put themselves in harm's way as "nothing has worked so far" to meet their objectives.
A Just Stop Oil spokesperson told Express.co.uk: "There is no longer any ceiling on our weather, on what the next storm will bring, the next rainfall. I think people should plan for disruption, and not just at Christmas.
"What do you think will be the correct action to take against a Government that is planning the deaths of millions, planning for the end of ordered civil society. The ordinary people who support Just Stop Oil are worried about their safety, this is the reason why they act.
"Nothing so far has worked to end new oil and gas, to end the grip of the huge oil companies, to end the destitution they are causing, to end the cost of living crisis."
On Tuesday, the campaign group announced a pause to 32 consecutive days of action after trying to climb the gates of Downing Street and blocking roads surrounding Trafalgar Square.
The group said: "From today Just Stop Oil will pause its campaign of civil resistance. We are giving time to those in the Government who are in touch with reality to consider their responsibilities to this country at this time.
"If, as we sadly expect, we receive no response from ministers to our demand by the end of Friday November 4, we will escalate our legal disruption against this treasonous Government. Our action will be proportionate to the task of stopping the crime against humanity which is new oil and gas."
In scenes from the last four weeks, activists were dragged away by officers towards police vans as members of the public looked on. Armed officers stopped some protesters from jumping over the smaller gate and removed a woman who was climbing up the main gate to where Prime Minister Rishi Sunak lives and works.
A Just Stop Oil spokesman said: "Rishi Sunak is about to U-turn on attending COP27. We demand that he also U-turn on new oil and gas. This genocidal policy will kill millions of people while failing to address the worst cost-of-living crisis this country has ever seen."
The Metropolitan Police said: "Two Just Stop Oil protesters who crossed over the outer vehicle gates on the Whitehall side of the main gates of Downing Street were swiftly prevented from climbing the main gates by police officers present.
