Activists glued themselves to tankers
(Picture: Just Stop Oil)Just Stop Oil activists have been arrested after climbing atop, and glueing themselves to, oil tankers at Purfleet terminal.
Police officers in Essex were seen applying a special solution to activists hands to counteract the superglue before arresting them.
The Extinction Rebellion offshoot said in a statement on Twitter: “ We are in civil resistance. This morning we occupied a tanker on the roads near Purfleet terminal to stop the flow of oil.”
They added: “Actions continue after the UK government has failed to issue a meaningful statement on their relationship with oil, and is instead pushing for more new oil fields.
“We must stop new oil now. For the future. For the children. For the economy. We are running out of time.”
One protester was seen on Sky News footage asking: “What are you trying to say? Rude!” when a police officer suggested they might need a third man to help lift him away from the site.
Essex Police said on Tuesday a further 15 people have been arrested overnight after a trespassing incident at a site in Thurrock.
Each of the people has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass.
A clear message from a Just Stop Oil activist on #KayBurley this morning. Labour should be supporting this message, not demanding the person saying it is locked up. pic.twitter.com/36a5IpKt52
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) April 13, 2022
A statement read: “In total, we have now made 373 arrests in connection with incidents at fuel sites across the district.”
It came after petrol and diesel shortages were said to becoming “an issue” as some filling stations are “drying up”, according to a fuel price pressure group.
Howard Cox, founder of FairFuelUK, said a third of its supporters said they have encountered a “problem” finding fuel and shortages were mainly being reported in the south of England.
The shortages have been attributed to disruption by Just Stop Oil protesters at oil depots.
Mr Cox said: “Some garages are now really drying up.
“It’s very patchy, it’s sporadic but it’s still an issue, particularly in the South.
“Most of the protests are happening below the Midlands and in the Home Counties, and that’s where we’re seeing some of the problems.”
