BREAKING: Just Stop Oil activists halt M25 protests after days of widespread disruption
Its supporters have been climbing overhead gantries in several locations, forcing the police to close sections of the road for safety while officers remove activists.
"From today, Just Stop Oil will halt its campaign of civil resistance on the M25. We are giving time to those in government who are in touch with reality to consider their responsibilities to this country at this time," the group said today. "We ask that the prime minister consider his statement at COP27, where he spoke of the catastrophic threat posed by the ravages of global heating, the 33 million people displaced by floods in Pakistan, and the moral and economic imperative to honour our pledges."Today is Remembrance Day, we call on you to honour all those who served and loved their country. Take the necessary first step to ensure a liveable future and halt new oil and gas.
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