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Just Stop Oil activists defy Home Secretary with another day of action
Protesters spray painted an Aston Martin showroom and blocked a central London road
Police with Just Stop Oil protesters who have blocked Park Lane in central London and sprayed paint over an Aston Martin car showroom. Picture date: Sunday October 16, 2022.
ACTIVISTS with Just Stop Oil defied the Home Secretary today by taking action in west London after she announced new plans to crack down on protests by environmental groups.
Members of the climate campaign group blocked Park Lane in London at around 11am and covered an Aston Martin showroom opposite Hyde Park in orange spray paint.
The move came shortly after Suella Braverman unveiled plans that she said would give the police new powers to take a more “proactive” approach against some protests, including measures specifically aimed at tactics used by some environmental groups.
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