Just Stop Oil protesters block London Pride parade after organisers 'failed' to meet their demands

Activists from Just Stop Oil disrupted the Pride parade in central London by blocking a float sponsored by Coca-Cola in protest at the event taking money from “high-polluting” sponsors.
The radical environmental group’s threat to disrupt the country’s biggest LGBTQ+ community event appeared to be fulfilled when at least six Just Stop Oil activists lay down in front of the Coca-Cola parade float.
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#juststopoil #londonpride #protest

[@markkavanagh7377]

When unstoppable narcissism meets immovable narcissism.

[@heyarnold1484]

😂

[@jogo798]

Fr😂

[@haycockjeff]

Lol

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

Good christian drama gospel oil stop musick

[@AmanitaWoodrose]

😂🤣 spot on!

[@jasonxoc]

Narcissistic people fighting with other narcissistic people in a battle to show how virtuous they are on social media.

[@corporal747]

Well said

[@reggiesmith3866]

Loonies fighting loonies!

[@joshanderson7358]

Rumor has it that a woke civil war is slowly taking place with different types of woke groups fighting tooth and nail for survival.

[@howardbowen-RC-Pilot]

Yep that's my take too. Let them slap it out. 🍿 🍿 🍿

[@EpicfinchAnimations]

@@reggiesmith3866 agree

[@Cwtr]

This is basically a twitter community meetup.

[@british.scorpion]

Never been on Twitter, but yeah...

[@henry9406]

😂 perfect

[@manwithnoname8229]

Reddit as well

[@DarthPerkins]

And THAT was the 69th like!

[@lojgh4016]

😂😂

[@terryd7852]

Seems to be the only time that the police would arrest them. Never when they block ordinary people from going about their business or stop ambulances. Perhaps the protester’s clothes were just too drab...

[@zopEnglandzip]

They were draped in the holy rainbow flag as well, obviously corporate LGBTQ beats climate LGBTQ, I wish someone would compile some explanatory material, the hierarchy particularly.

[@trevortrevortsr2]

The police have only just been given the powers to stop them

[@dianecameron137]

they look a bit like a fart in a storm now they seem to be getting less and less of the pests

[@georgereed5266]

@@Craig121000feck the JSO

[@nikthefix8918]

@@zopEnglandzip Left eating Left while I eat popcorn.

[@nosaltadded2530]

This is hilarious! The Leftie Loonies are cannibalizing each other!

[@JohnJaneson2449]

Yes. This makes me pretty happy on the inside.

[@hopethisworks1212]

Why should an american care?This is London

[@JohnJaneson2449]

@@hopethisworks1212 these things spread around the world, friend. Like a disease they are.

[@ferociousgustafson4040]

@@hopethisworks1212did someone ask an American to care? Nobody even mentioned that backwater swamp land. Why do Americans think anything and everything is about them? Brainwashing.

[@royblair-rl2lf]

They should sell tickets.

[@johncooke4855]

It’s pretty galling that the Police step in for the relatively small LBQT community but won’t step in for the much larger ‘just trying to get on with my life’ community?

[@alm31]

Aka normal people

[@jennifersimmons964]

BOTH ARE SICK< SAD, and WRONG

[@ciaran1988]

@@jennifersimmons964 Want to explain that comment?

[@evo420rs8]

@@ciaran1988 read it again 🤣

[@Imlaor25]

Because buttplay is more important than getting people to the hospital, I guess

[@GarryCarr56]

Why did the police not arrest them as fast when they interfered with ordinary people going about their lives

[@Storm.Z.4u]

Because minorities have greater rights than the majority

[@RockySheperd]

The police are idiots. Plain and simple.

[@TheClaudio7078]

Backed by goverment morons

[@gmann8659]

Because the British police are useless as they come.

[@raywing00]

@@Craig121000 Fuckwarts supporting fuckwarts lol

[@DS-nv2ni]

This is like Twitter vs Reddit but IRL.

[@I_changed]

fr lol

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

I hope this becomes a new now cd

[@tsunami870]

Twitter being pride and reddit being just stop oil

[@dresdentube1]

Does that make JSO homophobic, transphobic, or alphabetphobic?

[@dinosaurtimeandfunnyvideos]

Probably alphabetphobic.

[@jesusisherelookbusy]

Does this apply to the far left? Would be the first time I’ve heard of it.

[@dinosaurtimeandfunnyvideos]

@@jesusisherelookbusy Friendly fire

[@jesusisherelookbusy]

@@dinosaurtimeandfunnyvideos Could this be the start of a civil war? If so I’ll grab the popcorn.

[@dinosaurtimeandfunnyvideos]

@@jesusisherelookbusy I'd rather some doritos tbh, but let's just sit back and enjoy the chaos.

[@Hereford1642]

The extremists demand your compliance in all aspects of your life and opinions. There can be no deviation. All must obey.

[@smerchly]

JDO ....Just don'r obey !

[@paulkurilecz4209]

That, my good person, is the definition of fascism.

[@LR-jk2jk]

right on. Freedom of expression for them, but nobody else.

[@Storm.Z.4u]

They act as if the minority of weirdos views should be impacted on the majority & normal people.

[@snokelpops]

Not just to obey, but to worship it and call it love.

[@supergoku67]

My respect for humanity 📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉

[@02suraditpengsaeng41]

** MODERN humanity

[@RollaArtis]

Needless to say, oil is essential for lubrication...

[@brianeke2586]

🤣😂😅

[@brianeke2586]

There did seem to be quite a lot of friction 🤷‍♂️

[@RockySheperd]

"Needless to say, oil is essential for lubrication..." THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!!!!

[@DeKhawarizmi]

Dayummmm😂😂😂😂

[@angusmacfrankenstein7227]

“Failed to meet their demands?” Who do these guys think they are, Vladimir Putin?!

[@bensims7501]

Imagine trying to help the planet and future generations and then being compared to putin

[@daveyw1592]

​@@SergiSlayingSlav397😂😂 love it

[@raoulduke344]

yeah, the refused to stop using vaseline, which JSO found unacceptable.

[@Lala-kc2fw]

​@@e.j.schoute1987😂

[@kvasir8931]

@@bensims7501 Hitler also though he was helping the planet. Or at least germany.

[@guff9567]

They were demanding to be more gayly sodimised

[@nieznajomydonny2476]

They will never get a job.

[@bensims7501]

I gotta get to work They're going the wrong way about it They won't get people on their side like this They're all posh They don't work. They use oil. It's not my problem. Climate change is not real. = it's not my problem/I don't care/ I'm sitting on my sofa criticising anyone for trying/ I don't believe in climate change!

[@DayuhansDiary]

Well not one that contributes anything anyway

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

They got good job doing this pay them £1 a hour

[@nikthefix8918]

They wouldn't be doing it if they needed a job.

[@krispikhris3277]

Sitting back and watching Western civilization crumble right before our eyes.

[@nikthefix8918]

Sitting back and watching the problem is exactly the problem the west has. Watching the boiling frog from afar. Everyone feels that they have no skin in the game. Then one day they realise that their skin was always in the game and that it has been gradually flailed layer by layer and has just reached the bone.

[@Daily-PE]

This is in UK London....

[@rc2k524]

@@Daily-PEstill kinda part of the western side of the world

[@Mattyouyous]

Anybody else wondering why this silly parade is taking place in July?

[@TheDangoNinja]

I used to love June and July and enjoy war memorials. Now its been consumed by them. We used to celebrate the history of the war and efforts that were made. Now we dont.

[@robovac3557]

They like the warmer weather maybe?

[@MagicalKid]

Best weather

[@raymondoakford8357]

Because it’s warm and they can dress in next to nothing to impress the under fives.

[@sinbin001]

Shouldn't happen at all🤬

[@JohnDoe-xv4rp]

I'm with 'just stop oil' on this one 👍👍👍

[@johnwilburn]

They are eco terrorists…. just very weak ones.

[@garyfryer5334]

@@edwardvincentlaybournwalle4991 Because Pride has been hijacked by a load of weirdos (men dressed as women). Thats why!!

[@puppylove1985]

@@edwardvincentlaybournwalle4991 Because they're disrupting a pride parade instead of an ambulance. That's why.

[@JasonGuitarHand]

When Dumb met Dumber.

[@waterfire9667]

😂😜😜😜🤭🤭🤭😛😛😝

[@geruzamarzamahowiakiwski8421]

😂😂😂

[@Redchairbluedoor]

Genuinely hard to pick a side here

[@savageswaggr4395]

easy.. just oil over pride any day

[@AiRPasternak]

​@@savageswaggr4395Nah both incredibly annoying.

[@j.4332]

No im with the decent people who are probably normal who at least care about the world,instead of a bunch of deviants who only want to insert the wrong body parts into other wrong body parts.

[@Redchairbluedoor]

@@j.4332 accurate comment

[@smerchly]

@@AiRPasternak Yes , but the rainbow flags make me feel ill , especially today being Canada Day ! And I'm not proud of that flag either .

[@DarthPerkins]

WHAAAA?! Just Stop Oil block a Pride parade?! Inconceivable! Did this open a rift in time or dimensional tear?

[@jesusisherelookbusy]

Some idiot time traveler moved a chair or stepped on a bug or something.

[@DarthPerkins]

@@stephjsinclair Well, let's not get too gloaty...JSO are allowed to do what they like to the normies, but were removed and arrested immediately as they were slightly delaying the alphabet crowd. Just proving to the conservatives about queer privilege. Good luck on that!

[@nikthefix8918]

Superglue vs latex. If only Hawking were around.

[@kda3113]

Coca Cola truck? These companies always pandering, I wonder if they'd do something like this in Saudi Arabia.

[@samuelhakansson6680]

Companies like these will also be the first to jump ship if pride ever becomes politically unfashionable. This is about as close to the essence of virtue signalling as it gets.

[@mikehutchison4892]

I don’t think there was a Pride March in Saudi-Arabia today,was there ?

[@kda3113]

@mikehutchison4892 Coca Cola sells their product in Saudi Arabia despite the countries' views of lgbt people. Clearly, Coca-Cola only cares about money and is pandering here in the west.

[@TheZodiacz]

I wonder what reception JSO would get in Saudi Arabia? Maybe they should try it!

[@voyager7]

Watching the insanity of Progressivism literally eat itself, is so satisfying.

[@HolyRainbowism]

There’s NOTHING progressive about it.

[@mikehutchison4892]

How profound ! Care to go back to chopping down trees and collecting wood,digging for coal ? CHANGE IS INEVITABLE.

[@voyager7]

@@stephjsinclair "Tolerance", "unity", "diversity" etc.

[@HolyRainbowism]

@@mikehutchison4892 We have progressed into madness, debauchery, cancel culture, intimidation and control. Big Brother is so proud of our progress. Somehow the cave sounds more humane and more appealing.

[@stephenskinner3851]

They deserve each other.

[@afterburnerfox]

The unstoppable force meets the immoveable rock The battle will be legendary

[@thehublife7958]

Literally!!!

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

not so "immovable" now.

[@howardjones7370]

@@stephjsinclair: Yet again, the copy and paste queer tries to defend the indefensible! 🤡

[@peterbryant6156]

This is the funniest thing I have heard today.

[@LeaderDesslok]

Kind of like Frankenstein versus Wolfman. It's woke vs woke!

[@voxpopneverdies2025]

Was their passage blocked...😮

[@robovac3557]

😂😂

[@zopEnglandzip]

I'm sure someone's pilled into them from behind by now

[@drahcirnevarc9152]

More tea vicar?

[@andrewkaminskas7721]

Ever have your oil pushed in?

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

No good laugh

[@nightspade5]

How to make people not give a ***k ab climate change:

[@leeperola7023]

That's a fight I'd pay to watch!!! 🤭

[@Thecarman1994]

Handbags at dawn

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

This made my day hurrey

[@royblair-rl2lf]

It's a woke eat woke world.

[@pawel900rr99]

Hahahahahaha those two groups deserve each other!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bigtorrisi]

Huge confusion for the lefties.

[@Lala-kc2fw]

​@@user-bo8ry9gu8zcommon sense to just stop? Rome was not built in a day.

[@Lala-kc2fw]

@@user-bo8ry9gu8z no thanks

[@02suraditpengsaeng41]

​@@user-bo8ry9gu8z for real not car depend is good thing especially for me can't drive But just stop oil equivalent of block supply road mean huge delay and value But great for this time

[@tonygrayson4132]

This lot can bring London or anywhere in the country to a stop any time they want. It's so easy, there's no one in power to stop them at all.What a country we're living in now!

[@garyfryer5334]

No they damn well cant!! They do it down South cos they know they are safe!! Up North they will get a beating!!

[@LR-jk2jk]

Oil nuts vs. rainbow nuts, all we need is an arena.

[@joshanderson7358]

Just imagine if JSO blocked roads in FA Cup final. Trying to stop football fans.

[@zacky5315]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@peter5.056]

@@zacky5315 the street cleaners would have quite a mess on their hands.

[@alm31]

I’d love to see them try lol. They would get a punch in the face and they know it

[@PeaceDweller]

Even worse than football fans would be JSO trying to interrupt a UFC or Boxing event.

[@AplusStrategy]

Please please, let them try

[@doobersigaming9312]

Just watched this and have left the car running and turned the heating up 🤣

[@mikehutchison4892]

Leaving a motor vehicle unattended,with the engine running is an offence ! Cretin !

[@BishalBDS1995]

Ah what a nice day to be a quiet audience

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

Good drama show

[@JoeyJoJoJrShabbado]

They literally think climate change is a threat 😂

[@drahcirnevarc9152]

"JUST STOP LUBE!"

[@georgedobbin5622]

At least the lorry gave more entertainment to the crowd and also burnt more oli than it should off 🤣🤣

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

I like this its could drama

[@Shybairnsgetnowt1]

WHY are the police removing these clowns from the streets yet they won’t remove them to allow people to go to work? Political correctness gone mad 🤡🤬🤡🤬🤡🤬🤡🤬

[@tomonetruth]

@@user-bo8ry9gu8z some people have to

[@tomonetruth]

@@user-bo8ry9gu8z perhaps, but so what?

[@user-gn5uy6lx7z]

They don't do this in America. We installed gas pedals in our cars

[@02suraditpengsaeng41]

They're too fear to got .45 on their head Or been rammed as 100kph

[@politirel2]

About the only time when it seems good doing this.😀

[@EllmoonDe]

🤣🤣

[@tomas17621]

​@edwardvincentlaybournwalle4991 because lgbt is a load of rubbish that's why

[@richiebadboy1000]

@edwardvincentlaybournwalle4991 lol i wonder stops the ideology walking pmsl

[@mikelynott4035]

@@richiebadboy1000 What?

[@aduhmbased]

Planting a garden is probably the #1 to help the climate more than anything. Even before going plant based. We need more plants and vegetation. Modern day suburbia destroyed so much.

[@nikthefix8918]

But those plants want / need more CO2. They would welcome the the opportunity to breath more easily. By suggesting that one encourage plant growth and at the same time endorse a drastic reduction in atmospheric CO2 would seem logically incoherent. The plants will be OK but I suspect they've had better times.

[@mikehutchison4892]

Brilliant,let’s have wattle and daub shelters,draughty-proofed with cow- sh** perhaps.

[@mikehutchison4892]

@@nikthefix8918 Cretin…..photosynthesis only takes place in daylight.Respiration….when plant breathe out CO2 takes place 24/7.Get a basic education.

[@rokker101]

FIGHT!!! THIS IS AWESOME!

[@AgentHeX_0007]

Just Stop Oil!.... Except for the oil in the cloths i'm wearing, the shoes i'm wearing, the glasses i'm wearing, the sunglasses i'm wearing, the iwatch i'm wearing, the backpack i'm wearing, the dye in my hair, the dye in my cloths, the dye in my flag...

[@RAWRMAND0]

And this whole time Nike was like, "Just do it."

[@AJM01]

😂 Oh dear, at least they are doing something right!

[@Muirton66]

This should be an Olympic sport, watching those two sets of muppets clashing was fantastic entertainment.

[@mikehutchison4892]

This muppet has solar panels connected to a power bank of batteries…….want to compare electricity bills ?

[@02suraditpengsaeng41]

Team Deathmatch

[@54000biker]

So Just Stop Oil is blocking the road that the Pride march is blocking anyway, smh.

[@markthoughtswithukrainemas2072]

First time the Oil protester have done some thing good well done nice protest

[@pollyparrot8759]

Oh dear, how sad, what a shame !

[@raoulduke344]

I'm guessing JSO were furious when they found out a lot of people in Pride prefered (petroleum-product) Vaseline over KY Jelly, and so had a tantrum. JSO is what happens when "everyone gets a trophy, not just the ones who earned it".

[@ggggloveking9419]

Not to mention all the latex suits

[@raoulduke344]

@@ggggloveking9419 and plastic strap ons.

[@user-kx4xs2xd3k]

and all condom with pertrolium gell aka vaseline buthole lube

[@duke2462]

We don't mind them blocking the bandits 😁😁

[@02suraditpengsaeng41]

Certificate enemy of my enemy

[@jesusisherelookbusy]

Wouldn’t surprise me if this gets labelled as a hate crime.

[@Jackary1232]

JSO aren't doing it because they hate LGBT (I think), it's nothing personal, they want to make their point in any way possible

[@jesusisherelookbusy]

@@Jackary1232 Indeed, it’s all attention seeking.

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

This isnt hate crime

[@AplusStrategy]

Both parties will claim it's a gate crime...

[@paddyeejit1954]

Lucky they didn’t get bummed

[@williamjamescolinares9675]

Just Stop Pride😄😄😄

[@bobbobb4804]

the enemy of my enemy is not always my friend..

[@jameskilcoyne1955]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

[@OlSkunGun]

Where's Benny Hill music theme to this news?

[@superjohnnygamble6328]

That was actually played when The Gammons had to end their March in Liverpool a few years ago.

[@carlnilssonyoung8961]

How did they get there? Walking ? ……or using any means of petroleum powered vehicles???

[@rocketgroot4311]

*to quote The Joker* *When the chips are down these ✌️"civilized"✌️ poeple* *They'll EAT each other*

[@ramoncitotano6164]

It's like they're fighting fire with fire. 💀

[@danielraiter]

Brilliant, made my day

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

Made me smile

[@highgatehandyman6479]

Just stop Vaseline (petroleum jelly)

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

No stop selling black leggings that can catch fire in peacocks

[@duckndive.]

I hope they don't start fighting!

[@Duncan_1971]

🤞

[@________3359]

Thanks Satan

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

This isnt satan its from the Lord

[@kaytekan]

Protesters vs protesters, this is just hilarious!

[@ma12sh]

funny they arrest the ones blocking a pride parade but not when they block the roads for people living their lives, nothing happens. pathetic

[@ThePothead20]

Two communitys that nobody needs...

[@MagicalKid]

Says the pothead😂

[@ThePothead20]

@@MagicalKid ?

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

All britain needs this swap for muslims marching

[@Moose975]

Suddenly find myself liking just stop oil, for today at least.

[@Ellre2012]

What I’ve been thinking all day 😂

[@davidhenderson28]

Exactly What I was thinking 😀

[@BicycleFunk]

Nice one, homophobe.

[@Moose975]

@@BicycleFunk 😂

[@noefvon]

@@BicycleFunk nice one, pedo

[@kkkkkk1392]

stop oil protestor: finally a worthy opponent,our battle will be legendary

[@ruffgook]

Cancer vs cancer. This is an unbelievable sight

[@sorry7359]

We should use coconut oil in aeroplane engine

[@voxpopneverdies2025]

That's nuts!

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

Use baby oil

[@02suraditpengsaeng41]

Nah, Whatabout electric Yes world war style prop engine

[@02suraditpengsaeng41]

​​@@user-bo8ry9gu8zand people become exhausted as not able to holiday

[@Ura_Jack_Off]

*Narcissism vs Peak Narcissism.* *This battle will be cringeworthy.*

[@tendrosstoodross2976]

Police soon spring into action when its the odious 'pride' mob being inconvenienced.

[@The_Unintelligent_Speculator]

OIL ON THE ROAD ~ John Davidson

[@tonyfincham6126]

So the police arrested 7 .can we please know which prison they will do time in.Ha .Ha.

[@dobrynyakoren8311]

That’s not a Christian protest so no one will be arrested.

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

Dont put them in prison put the driver on van in prison

[@keren9322]

Hilarious. Arrest both groups, but after this ludicrous show - it's quite fun to see.

[@zapfanzapfan]

So, can we cancel JSO now? 😆

[@PaddingtonSoul]

"Nuisance"? Blocking roads in that way should be consider "T3 RR0 R1SM". Don't forget that people in ambulances trying to make it to the hospital already died in the UK because of those offenders.

[@jimfish1595]

I thought they were in it together

[@dorkbrandon4422]

Seems not , after all even every group from the alphabet movement also can't stand each other but only bulk together when facing their common enemy Us staight white dudes 😄 All those Nancy leftoids couldn't even fight their way out a paper bag

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

They in it for truth

[@02suraditpengsaeng41]

Culture war Classic leftist

[@FallenAngel9979]

Muppets pissing off muppets

[@drahcirnevarc9152]

Clowns vs paedos.

[@andrewkaminskas7721]

Muppets dont mind hands up their bums apparently

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

Prideful sinners verses christian oil protesters

[@mikesmith-fw9nc]

TG boys should have hit them with their handbags

[@freewheeler8924]

A profound ideological dilemma - what takes precedence: stopping people going to work or spreading monkey pox?

[@jennifersimmons964]

BOTH OF THESE GROUPS ARE IN THE WRONG!

[@jennifersimmons964]

SO TRUE and SAD

[@AahFukIt]

For once " Just Stop Oil" is at the right place at the right time! LMAO

[@bsavenkova]

So true!!! 🙌👏😅

[@Dinosword2000]

My head just exploded. I don't know which way to virtue signal. 😳

[@ryannoble4789]

Pride event is just a corporate event now.

[@Laurentdu59]

🤣 Great way to celebrate (THE END OF) pride mob. Happy July everyone!

[@zales6480]

For once i support just stop oil guys 😂😂😂

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

Id support them all the way

[@michaelscottspapercompany]

Modern problems require modern solutions

[@Mr.Massenko]

Why there is no comments about jeneus of DJ who chose the song "I don't care" !?

[@j.4332]

Love it!For once im with them!

[@smerchly]

It would be great to see them fight it out ! Popcorn is ready to pop ! 🙂

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

Im with them too

[@FactsTrumpFeelings.]

The crazies protesting against the even craziers .. amusing 😂

[@airspeed_alive]

They need a good wash!

[@noneya3250]

The one and only time I’ll be happy with the oil protests 😋

[@bulikonsemenik4820]

F...k stop oil

[@powerloveflowerlightlove-dv4lu]

Go 4it more

[@Faltor895]

F..k pride also.

[@BiscuitTinBotherer]

'Just Stop Oil vs Just Stop Puberty' indeed. 🤡