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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damien Gayle

Just Stop Oil says only threat of death sentence would stop its protests

Police deal with Just Stop Oil activists near the Natural History Museum in west London on Wednesday
Police confront Just Stop Oil activists near the Natural History Museum in west London on Wednesday. Photograph: Guy Smallman/Getty Images

UK climate activists have vowed to continue their disruptive protests until the government imposes the death penalty for their actions, as they signalled their contempt for a new bill aimed at curtailing their civil disobedience tactics.

The public order bill, which passed through the Commons this week and is now before the House of Lords, takes aim at “criminal, disruptive and self-defeating guerrilla tactics” used by groups such as Just Stop Oil and Insulate Britain.

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