Two young climate activists belonging to the Just Stop Oil movement were arrested this Thursday morning after acting at a private airfield where they believed Taylor Swift’s plane had just landed. They entered Stansted airport, about 50 km north of London, at around 5 in the morning. They explained that they had tried to target Taylor Swift’s plane, stating that they knew the tail number of the plane, but could not find it. Instead, they randomly sprayed two planes with fire extinguishers filled with orange paint.
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Taylor Swift would have landed at the private terminal at Stansted Airport a few hours earlier, claims Just Stop Oil, as the American singer is scheduled to perform at Wembley Stadium on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this week. The two activists were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and interfering with the use of national infrastructure.
In a video later released by the organization, one of the activists states: “We live in two worlds: One in which billionaires live in luxury and can fly on private jets, and another in which unbearable conditions are imposed on countless millions. of people. Meanwhile, this system that allows a few to accumulate extreme wealth at the expense of everyone else is destroying the conditions necessary for human life.”
A spokesperson for Just Stop Oil said: “While governments allow oil companies to run amok destroying our communities, the actions of individuals mean little. That’s why Just Stop Oil is calling on our next government to sign a legally binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels before 2030”.
On Wednesday, two Just Stop Oil activists sprinkled orange dust on Stonehenge, the UK’s famous megalithic monument, a day before the summer solstice. Once again, the images went around the world. The action earned the environmental organization great support, while other voices such as the writer JK Rowling, the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the leader of the Labor opposition Keir Starmer They condemned the group’s actions.
