London commuters faced another morning of misery after Just Stop Oil activists launched their latest slow-march in the capital – their third in two days.
More than a dozen campaigners from the climate change group have joined a protest outside the Elephant and Castle railway station.
Armed with orange banners and wearing hi-vis jackets, the protesters have been pictured slowly walking in the middle of the road, holding up buses and commuters.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police were scrambled shortly after 9am to the demonstration and are still at the scene.
Eco zealots ignored pleas from one police office to shift their demonstration onto the pavement, as it triggered mayhem in the city centre, with buses passes within inches of some of the activists.
Back on the march – protesters from Just Stop Oil have hit the roads of London once again for their latest demonstration, their third in just three days
Buses passed within inches of some of the eco campaigners as they marched in the middle of the road in London on Tuesday morning (pictured)
Pleading with activists as cars and buses pass perilously close, the female officer says: ‘Can you please move on to the pavement. Move onto the pavement please, guys. Continue the protest but move onto the pavement.’
In a statement released on Twitter about today’s march, the Met said: ‘As of 09:00, officers are quickly on scene at Just Stop Oil protesters slow walking in the road Newington Causeway, #ElephantandCastle. Officers are engaging with protesters and road users.
The march is the latest in a four-week stint of concerted campaigning by the group, which saw about 25 activists taking part in two marches in the capital that caused carnage for motorists on Monday.
It started at 8am when Just Stop Oil fanatics launched their first slow march through the City of London financial district.
The rush-hour demonstration caused carnage for commuters, with bumper-to-bumper traffic that triggered outrage from exasperated motorists.
As the climate change campaigners slowly strolled through the city surrounded by about a dozen police officers, one white van driver vented his fury and bluntly demanded: ‘Move them out the way, I’ve got money to make.’
Police were scrambled shortly after 8.15am to break up the first march, as eco zealots strolled from the Barbican. The demonstration ended by 9.15am.
But minutes later, Just Stop Oil zealots issued a further threat to carry out protests elsewhere – with protesters later marching for a second time along Hammersmith Road, central London, towards Kensington High Street shortly before 11.40am.
Just Stop Oil brought traffic to a standstill twice through London, with protests in the City of London and now in Hammersmith and Kensington (pictured is the first march of today)
One furious driver in a white fan was left outraged by the protest and demanded Just Stop Oil activists to be moved from the road
A police officer arrives at the scene of Monday’s protest as traffic begins to build (pictured)
Eco zealots marched through Aldersgate Street, near the Barbican, in the City of London holding up buses and causing misery for motorists on Monday. This protest ended at 9.15am
A spokeswoman from the group told MailOnline: ‘The Government is clamping down on our legitimate rights to protest. But we will not die quietly. We will continue to do whatever is nonviolently possible to end new oil and gas.’
But the climate change group came under fire on Monday after it was revealed a number of their activists had travelled hundreds of miles from Scotland to protest against the use of fossil fuels in London.
Ruth Lanser was one of 25 campaigners who caused chaos in the capital yesterday and and was slammed for journeying some 400 miles from Glasgow to join the protests.
The campaigner, who claims to have studied at the Glasgow School of Arts, was one of several Scots known to have made the trip south, with others including a grandmother-of-five from Fife.
Ms Lanser, who was cleared in January of obstructing lawful activity after sitting on a lorry at a fuel depot in Birmingham last year during another eco protest, was filmed leading a march through the City of London financial district.
Armed with her megaphone, the eco-activist in her twenties shouted: ‘I have travelled from Glasgow because my Government is not listening to me.
One Just Stop Oil campaigner called Ruth Lanser (pictured with a megaphone) travelled more than 400 miles from Glasgow to London to join Monday’s protest
Ms Lanser, who was cleared earlier this year of obstructing lawful activity after she and other protesters sat on top of a lorry at a fuel depot during a protest in Birmingham in 2022, was filmed leading a march through the City of London financial district.
Ms Lanser (pictured) was one of about 25 Just Stop Oil activists who took part in a series of slow-march protests in London on Monday morning, having travelled from Scotland
‘We are looking at recent IPCC reports that tell us we are not on track to meet our goals and yet the Government is about to license a new oil project that is the equivalent of 28 lower-income countries’ emissions.
‘This project is called Rosebank and it is a death sentence to everyone on this planet.’
She was joined by pensioner Julie Redman, 72, a grandmother-of-seven from Fife, Scotland – which is about 450 miles away from London.
In a statement released by Just Stop Oil yesterday, the retired NHS worker added: ‘I’m in despair about the climate crisis. It is accelerating at an alarming pace and yet our government is still giving out new licences for oil, gas and coal.
‘It is my grandchildren who will bear the brunt of climate breakdown and I want to be able to tell them that I did everything I could to prevent climate catastrophe.’
Just Stop Oil confirmed a number of campaigners had travelled from Scotland to take part in a ‘week of protests’ – but officials declined to comment on whether the activists had journeyed by car or public transport.
People online have since blasted the group and accused zealots of making the cross-country trip to join the fossil fuel protest in petrol-guzzling cars.
One Twitter user said: ‘How did Ruth get from Glasgow to London? Did she walk?’
Just Stop Oil protesters pictured marching through the centre of London on Monday, holding up rush hour traffic. They are pictured surrounded by police during their first protest
Another asked: ‘Wouldn’t have been better for the environment if Ruth had done her march in Glasgow.’
While a third quipped: ‘She must have left before Christmas if she strolled all the way at that pace.’
However, a spokeswoman for Just Stop Oil hit back, telling MailOnline: ‘Why should they not travel from Scotland to protest in the capital about new oil and gas?
‘It is the UK Government, not the Scottish Government, that has the power to make the decision to end new oil and gas.
‘Our supporters from Scotland have the same rights as everyone else living in the UK to resist the Government’s genocidal plans.’
Others took aim at the number of people involved in today’s rally, with Jamie MacDonald saying: ’26 People. Smashing it guys. Think your beginning to blend into the background now, this daily approach isn’t working.’
A third protester, named only as ‘Kat’, aged 20, also travelled from Scotland to march in London.
In a video released on social media, she said: ‘I’m here because I realised that my inaction was going to make me completely unable to live with myself… the climate crisis was getting worse and I was sitting there thinking “that someone else would do something about it” and I realised that no-one else was going to change this.’
