{"id":2271683,"date":"2024-06-19T15:18:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-climate-protesters-deface-stonehenge-as-tourist-desperately-tries-to-stop-them\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T15:58:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:58:17","slug":"watch-climate-protesters-deface-stonehenge-as-tourist-desperately-tries-to-stop-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-climate-protesters-deface-stonehenge-as-tourist-desperately-tries-to-stop-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Tourist Attempts to Halt Climate Protesters Vandalizing Stonehenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fwatch-climate-protesters-deface-stonehenge-as-tourist-desperately-tries-to-stop-them%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=2271683&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>On June 19, 2024, members\u200c of\u2062 the <a title=\"Left-Wing Activist Group Suggests Deflating SUV Tires To Fight Climate Change\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-activist-group-suggests-deflating-suv-tires-to-fight-climate-change\/\">environmental activist group<\/a> Just Stop Oil vandalized the Stonehenge monument in Wiltshire, England, by spraying it with orange powder paint. This incident occurred the day before\u2064 the \u200bSummer Solstice, a timing choice meant to underscore \u2064their \u2063demand for the \u2063incoming UK government to commit to a treaty \u200bthat would phase\u200d out\u200b the use of fossil fuels by 2030. \u200dTwo people were seen in a <a title=\"Russian Forces Attack Kyiv\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-forces-attack-kyiv\/\">video shared online<\/a> trying to \u200cprevent the \u2064vandalism, with one woman wrestling a vandal and \u200da man taking the \u200bpaint canister \u2062away. Outrages were expressed both by onlookers at the scene and\u2062 by public figures; UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak described the act as a &#8220;disgraceful\u2062 act of vandalism&#8221; and the Labour Party Leader Sir Keir Starmer condemned the\u2062 defacement as &#8220;outrageous.&#8221; Stonehenge&#8217;s management \u200demphasized that the act was\u2062 a criminal offense and suggested that the vandals might face prison sentences \u200ddue\u2062 to the damage to this\u200b protected monument. The group Just Stop\u2063 Oil later named the two individuals responsible for the attack, \u2063highlighting their intent to draw\u200b attention to \u200benvironmental concerns. The\u200b local police\u2064 arrested the pair for damaging an ancient monument.<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\"><button id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button><\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\"> News <\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\">Johnathan Jones<\/a> June 19, 2024 at 12:03pm<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<section>Radical climate change protesters with a group calling for an end to the use of oil, gas, and coal defaced the prehistoric Stonehenge structure with orange-powered paint on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Several parts of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/researchers-may-finally-uncovered-real-purpose-stonehenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">historic landmark<\/a> in Wiltshire, England, were tagged while a tourist attempted to prevent further damage to the iconic stones that make up the structure.<\/p>\n<p>The group Just Stop Oil posted a video of the vandalism on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/x-users-spot-telling-problem-hillary-clintons-attempt-support-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Just Stop Oil Spray Stonehenge Orange<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 2 people took action the day before Summer Solstice, demanding the incoming government sign up to a legally binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\uddef Help us take megalithic action \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R20S8YQD1j\">https:\/\/t.co\/R20S8YQD1j<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ufzO8ZiDWu\">pic.twitter.com\/ufzO8ZiDWu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Just Stop Oil (@JustStop_Oil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustStop_Oil\/status\/1803390932848394570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Two tourists in the clip could be seen desperately attempting to preserve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scientists-crack-major-stonehenge-mystery-find-critical-link-nearby-west-woods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the stones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A woman wrestled with one of the vandals before a man approached the protester and took his paint away from him.<\/p>\n<p>Voices on the clip could be heard shouting at the vandals to please stop what they were doing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should protesters who do this sort of thing face significant jail time?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/juststopoil.org\/2024\/06\/19\/its-time-for-megalithic-action-just-stop-oil-decorate-stonehenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> after the attack on the historic site, Just Stop Oil said, \u201cTwo Just Stop Oil supporters have decorated Stonehenge in orange powder paint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are demanding that the incoming UK government commit to working with other governments to agree an equitable plan to end the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030,\u201d the group said.The extremists further threatened to go after cultural sites across Europe if their demands were not met.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u27a1\ufe0f Read our press release here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ukpzOuaTUE\">https:\/\/t.co\/ukpzOuaTUE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Just Stop Oil (@JustStop_Oil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustStop_Oil\/status\/1803391186331193843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>U.K. Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nigel-farage-reacts-rishi-sunak-becoming-new-pm-globalist-ever-saw-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rishi Sunak<\/a> called the actions of the climate protesters a \u201cdisgraceful act of vandalism,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cw44mdee0zzo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Labour Party Leader Sir Keir Starmer called Just Stop Oil \u201cpathetic\u201d and described the defacement of Stonehenge as \u201coutrageous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BBC reporter Paul Clifton commented on the severity of the damage to the stones hit with the paint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard a suggestion that because it is powder paint and the weather is dry and sunny, it may perhaps be removed without lasting damage, but they will need experts to inspect the stone before forming an opinion,\u201d Clifton said after visiting the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The group responsible for organizing the vandalism said the paint was corn flour-based and would wash away with rain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stonehenge is protected by the ancient monuments act and it is a criminal offence to damage the Stones. There are also multiple rare lichen species growing on the stones that are also protected. Expect a prison sentence. \ud83d\ude21 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4sFprTUwUi\">https:\/\/t.co\/4sFprTUwUi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stonehenge U.K (@ST0NEHENGE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ST0NEHENGE\/status\/1803397371058897074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Just Stop Oil named the two men who defaced Stonehenge as 21-year-old Oxford student Niamh Lynch and 73-year-old Rajan Naidu.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\uddba Naimh, 21, a student at the University of Oxford, is one of the people arrested for taking action at Stonehenge today. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcac \u201cStonehenge at solstice is all about celebrating the natural world \u2013 but look at the state it\u2019s in! We all have a right to live a life free from\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f0NeQlFalk\">pic.twitter.com\/f0NeQlFalk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Just Stop Oil (@JustStop_Oil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustStop_Oil\/status\/1803417714175750319?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/locals-see-body-floating-pond-police-sent-retrieve-corpse-make-shocking-find-instead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police<\/a> in Wiltshire confirmed the two were arrested on a charge of suspicion of damaging the ancient monument.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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