Baftas were disrupted by Just Stop Oil campaigners who chanted and banged drums before sitting in protest on the red carpet on Sunday afternoon.
Staging their protest at the glitzy film event, attended by the likes of Lady Gaga, Benedict Cumberbatch and Emma Watson, the passionate activists wore T-shirts that read ‘Just Stop Oil’ and ‘Just look up’, in reference to the 2021 comedy movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence – which offers a satirical look at the climate change crisis.
The organisation stated that 30 young supporters of the campaign disrupted the event to ‘demand an end to new fossil fuel projects in the UK. ’In a statement from the group, who were surrounded by police during the protest, 23-year-old protester Claudia said: ‘I am here supporting Just Stop Oil because I am absolutely terrified about our future. ‘Last year the UK Government’s former chief scientific adviser warned us that what we do within the next 3-4 years will determine the future of humanity. ’She continued: ‘Yet our Government, knowing this, knowing that continuing to support the oil industry is a death sentence for us all, remains determined to drag us down this path of suffering and destruction.
And the mainstream media doesn’t care. ‘So we are asking those with power and influence to use it, to do what is necessary, and use their platform to demand the Government just stop oil.
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