Two British climate activists who are part of the Just Stop Oil movement, stunned onlookers at a Madame Tussauds venue in London on Monday when they covered King Charles’ waxwork in chocolate cake as they demanded that the UK government stop producing new oil and gas licenses.
Eilidh McFadden and Tom Johnson, who the Metropolitan police have since arrested following Monday morning’s incident, had trespassed a barrier to get close to the waxworks of Charles, Kate Middleton, Camila, and Prince William, as video footage of the incident has since gone viral on Twitter. “We are here because we seek to protect our freedoms and rights because we seek to protect this green and pleasant land which is the inheritance of us all,” they said. “The science is clear. The demand is simple: just stop new oil and gas. It’s a piece of cake.”
🎂 BREAKING: JUST STOP OIL CAKES THE KING 🎂
👑 Two supporters of Just Stop Oil have covered a Madame Tussauds waxwork model of King Charles III with chocolate cake, demanding that the Government halts all new oil and gas licences and consents.#FreeLouis #FreeJosh #A22Network pic.twitter.com/p0DJ8v3XVB
— Just Stop Oil ⚖️💀🛢 (@JustStop_Oil) October 24, 2022
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The Just Stop Oil activists group, which was founded back in February, has wreaked havoc in the streets of London, with some calling their protests “aggressive” and “out of line. Most recently, JSO activists caused highway congestion after blocking cars from passing through while another incident saw members of the group try to sabotage a soccer match in north London all in protest of getting the government to stop producing fossil fuel licenses.
The Metropolitan Police has since released a statement of their own following the vandalism at Madame Tussauds in London, tweeting, “We responded quickly to an incident at Madame Tussauds after two people threw food at a statue at approximately 10:50hrs. They have both been arrested for criminal damage.”
🚨 Just Stop Oil have PIED King Charles’ waxwork in their latest protest at Madame Tussauds 🚨 pic.twitter.com/0fFuCTkJOu
— PoliticsJOE (@PoliticsJOE_UK) October 24, 2022
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A follow-up statement revealed that four people in total were later arrested. Other incidents involving the controversial activist group include some having glued themselves onto the famous Abbey Road crossing in London to block traffic while two others scaled the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge right above Dartford Crossing for 36 hours, causing extreme delays for morning commuters.
So far, the government has not addressed the Just Stop Oil protestors. While police has stepped in to arrest numerous of people part of the campaign in recent months, it seems as if the protests are only getting worse, with no actual plan in sight to hinder these incidents from happening in the future.