PM Sunak defends ‘severe’ Just Stop Oil sentences
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6pxn4z1rqno
At a glance
- The PM has defended sentences handed to two Just Stop Oil activists
- The United Nations had warned the long sentences could stifle protest
- The protesters caused gridlock after climbing the Dartford Crossing bridge
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has defended sentences handed to two Just Stop Oil climate campaigners following criticism from the United Nations.
Morgan Trowland, 40, was jailed for three years and Marcus Decker, 34, for two years for causing a public nuisance after scaling the Dartford Crossing Bridge.
The UN had warned the government in a letter that the “severe” sentences could stifle protest.
Mr Sunak said in response in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that those who break the law should feel the full force of it.
“It’s entirely right that selfish protestors intent on causing misery to the hard-working majority face tough sentences,” he said.
“It’s what the public expects and it’s what we’ve delivered.”
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6pxn4z1rqno
What an asshole Rishi Sunak is calling Just Stop Oil protesters selfish. So they’re protesting for the benefit of the planet and all it’s inhabitants human or animal, risking prison sentences and criminal records. C’mon Sunak you assole, you had better explain how exactly that is selfish?
Isn’t it people like Sunak and fossil fuel investors that destroy our planet, nature and everybody’s future for profit who are the real selfish bastards? The oil industry has known since the 60s that their actions were destroying the planet and they did it regardless for profit. Isn’t that selfish? Of course, these are the selfish bastards.
Sunak when he was Chancellor introduced huge fossil fuel subsidies that are intended to extract every last drop of oil from the North Sea despite knowing full well that that the World is likely to hit 3 degrees C warming as a result. This will lead to more and more extreme climate events as if we didn’t have enough already. It’s uncertain that humans or the planet can take 3 degrees increase due to fossil fuels and this total cnut has the audacity to call those campaigning against this selfish …
