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[–] RobotToaster@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd have more respect for just stop oil if they went after the private jets of billionaires rather than blocking random working class people.

putting my tinfoil hat on, they're so bad at winning public sympathy it wouldn't surprise me if they're a false flag funded by oil companies.

[–] Syldon 2 points 1 year ago

Dale Vince is one of the major donors to Just stop Oil. He was in the panel with a recent Question time event. It is Dale Vince who made the donation to the Labour party, which the daily mail tried to push as a donation from the Just Stop Oil group. He is an altruistic person who likes to make his money works for what he sees are good causes. I very much doubt he would donate without looking into it.

Just to be clear though, it was not the Just Stop Oil group who donated to the Labour party. Full fact covered this one and put the record straight.

[–] midgephoto@photog.social 1 points 1 year ago

@RobotToaster @Syldon
Do they not though?
My impression was that runways have been blocked.