Hard Left Nutjobs Plot New Wave of Direct Action Modelled on Just Stop Oil – Guido Fawkes

Hard Left Nutjobs Plot New Wave of Direct Action Modelled on Just Stop Oil

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As Guido flagged last month, the economy-wrecking and ambulance-delaying crazies over at Just Stop Oil have called time on their direct action tactics. Whether slow-walking in front of traffic or sitting in the middle of the road, JSO’s reign of terror led to commuter fury, especially in London. Their tactics became so unpopular that the group realised it was doing  damage to its own message, a classic hard left flop…

Now a group of successor organisations are popping up on the radar to take over where JSO has left off. A bunch of nutters called ‘Stop the System’ are planning operations to cut fibre optic internet cables at companies they accuse of “destroying life on earth” by using fossil fuels. One of their actions in January saw Lloyd’s of London, WR Berkley, Chubb and Tokio Marine impacted…

Then there is The Tyre Extinguishers, a loony outfit which goes around slashing the tyres of SUVs. The group has struck several times in the UK and other European countries. One victim told the BBC: “You deflated my tyres without knowing who I am and my status in life. My mother is in palliative care and I came to the car to go to her, but because of your vicious act, I am stuck trying to reinflate my tyres!”. The group seeks to exploit a legal loophole causing uncertainty over whether it is a crime to let the air out the tyres on someone else’s vehicle…

A recent overview of the operations of climate extremists notes that the Conservative-led charge to toughen up laws against direct action had a profound effect disabling JSO’s operations and forcing its shutdown: “From inside the group, I heard that churn had increased: it was proving tricky to recruit when the jail time was no longer a mere possibility but a tangible prospect. A long-running criticism of both XR and JSO, that they recklessly endangered their actionists, seems to have finally had an effect on sign ups.” Don’t be surprised if Labour is weak on this new wave of trouble…