Oxfordshire grandad with Just Stop Oil protestors glued to road

Holding banners which read ‘For f**k’s sake, just stop oil’, the demonstrators took to the road in Parliament Square at noon today (Wednesday, September 2).

This was as Andy Burnham faced his first Prime Minister’s Questions, and many of the protestors glued themselves to the road.

The group demanded that the UK government stop approving all further oil and gas developments, and sign a Fossil Fuel Treaty to stop oil and gas extraction.

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Just Stop Oil protestors in London on Wednesday (September 2, 2026). (Image: Just Stop Oil)

Just Stop Oil say that the police are expected to arrest all those blocking the road, and that one lane has been left free of glued-on action takers to permit access for emergency vehicles.

Andy Burnham is due to make a decision on whether to allow more drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea.

Reverend James Crote, a Baptist Minister and grandfather from Chesterton near Bicester, said: “Today is my grandson’s first birthday. I have to take action for the sake of his future.

The 69-year-old added: “The government has been dilly-dallying about whether to say yes or no to the Rosebank oil field but, if we want a future for our children, there is no choice – it has to say ‘no’.

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Just Stop Oil protestors in London on Wednesday (September 2, 2026). (Image: Just Stop Oil)

“I am here as a Christian Minister because the Church has to speak out and demand that the government stops approving further oil and gas developments now. It’s time for us all to say ‘For God’s sake, Just Stop Oil’.”

Data from the Met Office indicates that 2026 was the hottest summer in UK recorded history, beating 2025, which was the previous hottest summer on record.

2026 was also one of the driest summers on record, delivering record-low food harvests.

Climbing temperatures have triggered wildfires across the country, and national fire chiefs said the wildfire risk facing the UK ​​is “like nothing we have seen before”.

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Just Stop Oil protestors in London on Wednesday (September 2, 2026). (Image: Just Stop Oil)

Taking action, grandmother Victoria Ann Lynch-Staunton from Leamington Spa, said: “What is happening is beyond a tragedy.”

The 71-year-old added: “I beg everyone to join Just Stop Oil or governments will continue to prioritise endless growth and corporate profit over billions of lives – yours and your children.

“Wake up and smell the coffin. It is the responsibility of all of us to act now!”

A Just Stop Oil spokesperson said today: “We are all Just Stop Oil.

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Just Stop Oil protestors in London on Wednesday (September 2, 2026). (Image: Just Stop Oil)

“Every single person who fears deadly wildfires, devastating droughts, and spiralling food shortages is Just Stop Oil.

“The first duty of government is to keep the public safe – but by greenlighting oil and gas drilling, they endanger our survival while corporates and billionaires laugh their way to the bank.

“Every one of us feels alone and powerless in the face of this insanity, but we know there is massive political and public support for our demand.

“So we’re inviting everyone to join us at an online call on 3rd October 2026 – because it’s when we work together that we are powerful and win.”