Just Stop Oil protesters descended on Whitehall on Monday morning, and were seen obstructing traffic near Downing Street and around the Cenotaph. The group has since hit out at “lies” that they targeted the war memorial, after a number of politicians condemned their actions.
A mother of one lying cuffed on the base of the war memorial said: “They arrested us in the road and we were dragged to the pavement and then back over here.” One officer said the protesters had been moved to the site “to get them off the road”, adding: “It was for their own safety; obviously it’s quite a busy road.”
