A multi-millionaire donor to Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion has said that the eco-activists are 'performative' and 'not accomplishing anything'.
Right to left: Neilson is pictured with Richard Branson, Angelina Jolie and the late American diplomat Richard Holbrooke in 2005.It hands cash to more than 100 green action groups across the world.
Its website boasts logos for Extinction Rebellion, Scientist Rebellion and XR Netherlands as notable grantees. Notable events disrupted by Just Stop Oil in recent weeks include the Chelsea Flower Show, the World Snooker Championship and the Rugby Premiership Final.Just Stop Oil protesters stage a sit-in on Waterloo Bridge.The group began its ongoing three months of action in late April, with numerous demonstrations involving ultra-slow movement down roads in order to halt traffic.
Policing such protests has reportedly cost British cops 11,000 shifts, figures published earlier this month revealed.Earlier this month Just Stop Oil protestors halted an opera festival by setting off a confetti bomb and blowing an air horn.One hour into the show, the protestors jumped up from their seats, started shouting and let off a confetti bomb.The protestors were eventually restrained by security and escorted off the premises.
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