Terrorists' vandalising Stone Henge and trying to force govt policy

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We need the security services to shut the group down when they are carrying out what can be described as terrorist methods to influence govt policy.

Maybe use a bike

The definition in the Terrorism Act is:

The specific actions included are:
• serious violence against a person;
• serious damage to property;
• endangering a person's life (other than that of the person committing the action);
• creating a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public; and
• action designed to seriously interfere with or seriously to disrupt an electronic system.

So yes, they very much ARE terrorists.

Summer Solstice is tomorrow. Hundreds of Pagans and Wiccans will be visiting Stonehenge as a place of religious worship. This is the very reason JSO chose this target.
No different than vandalising a mosque the day before Eid or a church on Christmas Eve.

I bet they travelled there on an oil powered vehicle.

This, 100%

Utterly disrespectful.

You seem to have deliberately misinterpreted what I meant. The government have approved a plan to build a road under Stone Henge which, in my opinion, is an act of vandalism. Therefore the government calling this an act of vandalism is bare faced cheek.

I didn't call them heroes.

Ah! so they're increasing the reform vote?

LOL at everyone tutting over disrespecting the witches!

Absolutely! Have a look on twitter - there's right wingers all over it saying how this illustrates how net zero has gone too far and Labour's net zero plans need to stop because that would be giving these people what they want.

The government did not approve a road under stone henge. They wanted to widen the A303 which has a single track bit near stone henge which is always a traffic jam. They agreed (at the request of English Heritage I believe) to make a big tunnel for the bit of the road near stone henge so that the view of the road didn't spoil people's enjoyment of the stones.

It's the constantly going after soft targets that alienates the public from Just Stop Oil and makes their stunts counterproductive. It's not like Greenpeace sailing in front of whalers or women camping on Greenham Common. It would be more logical and sympathetic if they targeted OPEC countries but that might come at some personal risk and cost, so they won't do it.

The whole debacle of Baillie Gifford and the Hay Literary Festival tells you how grandiose these people are, and how unworldly about the way things work. They thought that given the choice between its investors and sponsoring a literary festival, an investment fund would choose the festival. Nothing they have done so far has done a jot for the environment but they are making life a lot harder for free-to-access museums, galleries and heritage sites in a way that will gradually chip away at the visitor experience of those places. It won't matter to Just Stop Oil, though, as they all seem rich enough to jet around the world in a way that suggests free entry places don't really matter to them.

'Lets disrupt people getting to work and getting married! People need to be aware of the article in Guardian that someone else wrote!'
Why not stand for election? Nothing to stop them ?

Exactly, in my old school many students could ask for the Solstice off as it was their religious or worshable day.

The tunnel is going under the site.

People who care about the planet’s future also do that. There’s more than one approach.

I do that too.

Fucking bellends.

Orange paint on stones - meh nobody dies. Can’t get worked up about it.

Climate change - meh nobody … oh, wait.

🤔🤯

Have they been infiltrated by oil companies? It seems the only explanation as they are doing such a great job at turning people away from the environmental cause.

Which is a massive shame - it is such a joy to see Stonehenge as you drive by.

Yep, thankfully there are people who care about the planet standing for parliament. But I'm not aware of any of the JSO rabble?

It would be more logical and sympathetic if they targeted OPEC countries but that might come at some personal risk and cost, so they won't do it.

Yep! Imagine trying this sort of shit in Saudi Arabia.

No it's bleeding not! It took me 30 seconds to double check the unlikely sounding idea that they would try to tunnel under the actual stones. https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/a303-stonehenge-references/a303-stonehenge-consultation-2018/a303-stonehenge-scheme-images/

Why would you believe something like that and not take the time to check whether it's correct?

I agree, I always like seeing the stones as I drive down there. It was even better before they removed the direct road from the A303, as we used to stop for a coffee there. Now you have to drive 2 miles away from the road, go to a visitor centre and get on a bus to see the stones!

It's moving the A303 under part of the site. I didn't say it was going under the stones!