{"id":2242100,"date":"2024-05-10T18:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T22:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-activists-bring-hammer-and-chisel-in-attempt-to-break-glass-protecting-magna-carta\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T18:58:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T22:58:49","slug":"climate-activists-bring-hammer-and-chisel-in-attempt-to-break-glass-protecting-magna-carta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-activists-bring-hammer-and-chisel-in-attempt-to-break-glass-protecting-magna-carta\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate activists use a hammer and chisel to try to break protective glass around the Magna Carta"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclimate-activists-bring-hammer-and-chisel-in-attempt-to-break-glass-protecting-magna-carta%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2242100&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Environmental activists, part of the Just Stop \u2064Oil group,\u2063 attempted to damage the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paris-protesters-splatter-soup-on-glass-covering-da-vincis-mona-lisa\/\" title=\"Protesters throw soup at 'Mona Lisa' in Paris\">glass casing<\/a> protecting the original Magna Carta at the British\u2062 Library using \u200ba hammer and chisel. Despite their efforts, the glass\u200c remained mostly intact. The act,\u2064 seen as a protest against government \u2064actions,\u2062 sparked controversy and condemnation on social media. This \u200cgroup, \u200dassociated with\u2063 Extinction Rebellion, is \u200bknown for radical environmental activism.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/environmentalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Environmental activists\">Environmental activists<\/a> damaged the glass casing of the original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/530085\/u-s-returns-magna-carta-to-england\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Environmental activists\">Magna Carta<\/a> with a hammer and chisel as part of a protest.<\/p>\n<p>Two activists with the Just Stop Oil group, identified as the Rev. Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judy Bruce, 85, used a hammer and chisel to chip at the glass protective casing around one of the original copies of the Magna Carta in London\u2019s British Library. The effort proved largely unsuccessful, with the glass holding up with only minor damage.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>In this photo provided by Just Stop Oil on Friday, May 10, 2024, two activists, Judy Bruce, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-attack-outrageous-anglican-priest-82-and-retired-teacher-target-the-magna-carta\/\" title=\"Left-Wing Assault: 82-Year-Old Anglican Priest and Teacher Target Magna Carta\">retired biology teacher<\/a>, and the Rev. Sue Parfitt, foreground as they target the protective enclosure around the historic Magna Carta document with a hammer at the British Library in London. (Just Stop Oil via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis famous document is about the rule of law and standing up against the abuse of power,\u201d Bruce said. \u201cOur government is breaking its own laws\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parfitt cited her Christian faith as moving her to act to \u201calleviate the appalling suffering\u201d while holding a sign reading \u201cthe government is breaking the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: JUST STOP OIL BREAK MAGNA CARTA GLASS<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 Reverend Dr Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judy Bruce, 85, then glued their hands together, demanding an emergency plan to just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-accuses-oil-companies-of-price-fixing-amid-soaring-gas-prices\/\" title=\"White House Accuses Oil Companies of Price Fixing Amid Soaring Gas Prices\">stop oil<\/a> by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u2708\ufe0f Donate to help us take action at airports this summer \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R20S8YQD1j\">https:\/\/t.co\/R20S8YQD1j<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uYMsvULce2\">pic.twitter.com\/uYMsvULce2<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Just Stop Oil (@JustStop_Oil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustStop_Oil\/status\/1788881090104439161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>They then glued their hands together.<\/p>\n<p>The act was widely condemned on social media, with the post garnering many more comments than likes, most of them negative.<\/p>\n<p>British actor and Reclaim Party leader Laurence Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LozzaFox\/status\/1788901631053922365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"denounced\">denounced<\/a> them as \u201cdemented grandparents\u201d and demanded they be put \u201cin a prison cell for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Historian Andreas Koureas made similar remarks, saying the pair is an \u201cabsolute disgrace\u201d and makes him \u201csick\u201d while hoping they get put in prison.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The Just Stop Oil group is one of the most visible radical environmentalist groups, making headlines for vandalizing several major works of art in the name of environmental activism. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/644076\/hollywood-and-left-wing-foundations-behind-climate-charity-quietly-bankrolling-extremist-protest-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"group\">group<\/a> is an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, another Climate Emergency Fund-funded group that climate activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/greta-thunberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greta Thunberg<\/a> has rallied with, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2022\/apr\/29\/just-stop-oils-protests-funded-by-us-philanthropists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to CEF.<\/p>\n<p>CEF is unique for boasting a star-studded cohort of financial backers and board members, including Rory Kennedy, daughter of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, Aileen Getty, the billionaire philanthropist and heiress of the Getty family fortune earned in the petroleum industry, and even Hollywood\u2019s Adam McKay, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climateemergencyfund.org\/press\/cef\/2022-9-20-press-release#:~:text=Adam%20McKay%20Pledges%20%244%20Million,Climate%20Activists%20%E2%80%94%20Climate%20Emergency%20Fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pledged<\/a> it $4 million in September 2022 and directed the 2021 climate allegory film <em>Don\u2019t Look Up<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Former Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hillary-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hillary Clinton<\/a> recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy\/2989861\/hillary-clinton-group-wired-500000-climate-activists-behind-disruptive-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wired\">wired<\/a> $500,000 to the group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Magna Carta was signed in 1215 in response to the abuses of power of the English King John I, who took the throne after the death of his popular brother Richard I \u201cThe Lionheart\u201d of crusading fame. The losses of lands in France, disastrous wars against the French king, and equally disastrous fiscal policies resulted in a revolt of much of the nobility. This prompted King John to sign the Magna Carta, which codified the privileges of the nobility.<\/p>\n<p>While modern historians debate its real immediate impact, many, including the Founding Fathers, viewed it as an indispensable foundational document in the history of democracy. It helped influence the Constitution of the United States.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a protest, environmental activists damaged the original Magna Carta&#8217;s glass casing using a hammer and chisel. The Rev. 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