Anti-oil protesters have been holding demonstrations throughout London for the previous few days. Earlier right this moment, demonstrators stormed central London and blocked Park Lane. A few of them have been even seen throwing paint on an Aston Martin dealership.
In response to media stories, the latest escalation in protests are in response to the brand new anti-protest legal guidelines.
Earlier, ‘Simply Cease Oil’ activists vandalized a Vincent van Gogh portray on the Nationwide Gallery. It has been reported that two protesters threw tomato soup on the portray.
21-year previous Phoebe Plummer, who was one in every of them, mentioned, “What’s value extra, artwork or life? Is it value greater than meals? Greater than justice? Are you extra involved concerning the safety of a portray or the safety of our planet and other people? The price of residing disaster is a part of the price of oil disaster, gas is unaffordable to hundreds of thousands of chilly, hungry households. They’ll’t even afford to warmth a tin of soup.”
The group is claimed to have been conducting demonstrations throughout central London for the previous two weeks, inflicting inconvenience to site visitors and commuters usually.
Supply: The Guardian
