WELL OILED
Moment stag party hijacks eco yob protest as they chant ‘we love you oil, we do’ and stealing banner
THIS is the moment a stag party hijacks an eco yob protest by chanting "we love you oil, we do" and stealing their banner.
Just Stop Oil eco-zealots were carrying out their latest slow walk demonstration near London Waterloo earlier today.
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But footage has shown a group of men - including one dressed in a pink t-shirt, leggings and socks - running along a road towards the protesters.
The stag party then joins the march and begins chanting "oil" repeatedly, while the eco mob continue their march appearing plain-faced.
They then break into a chorus of "we love you oil, we do" - to the tune of a chant ordinarily heard in football stadiums.
Onlookers could be heard cheering as the man sprints away with an orange banner in hand.
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Groom Charlie Pearce - a builder and landscape gardener from Surrey - was later unmasked as the pink-clad stag.
The soon-to-be-married dad told he and his pals hijacked the march on their way to Ibiza for Charlie's stag do.
He and the group - including Charlie's brother George - now plans to take the orange banner on a tour of the Spanish party island's clubs.
He said: "It's hard to peak what we've just done in Waterloo.
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"We trekked across London, got on the plane, landed in Ibiza and I was quite happy just to go home! It was just funny as it was.
"Look, apart from their cause, I am against causing disruption to people's lives.
"It's not fair on people working hard enjoying their lives and people come along and think its OK to jump in and ruin things."
Metropolitan Police said officers attended the scene in York Road at around 12.20pm after a group of "15 to 20" Just Stop Oil protesters had gathered.
A statement added: "Officers were on scene at 12.23pm and issued a condition to move off the carriageway, which was complied with immediately."
In another example of growing public resentment towards the group, a raging bystander hurled milk over members of the group during another traffic-disrupting stunt yesterday.
The eco mob were holding up motorists in Hammersmith, West London, when one fed-up Brit took matters into his own hands.
In the clip, the man can be heard muttering to himself before throwing the dairy product over the six-strong group.
He slammed the activists as "f***ing wrong'uns" as they delayed drivers by slow-marching up the middle of the road.
Meanwhile, Wimbledon has added powder paint to its list of banned substances to stop eco yob protests such as those seen at the Ashes this week.
It comes after Jonny Bairstow carried one of three protesters off the pitch during the second Ashes Test match between England and Australia at Lord's on Wednesday.
A similar scene occurred involving rugby star Tom Curry when the group ran onto the Twickenham turf during the Gallagher Premiership final between Saracens and Sale in May.
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The Sun revealed that one of those involved in the Ashes demonstration is the son of a millionaire who lives in a £6 million mansion.
All three activists have been charged with aggravated trespassing.
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