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The protestors were heard asking “Is the government above the law?” Two Just Stop Oil in their 80s have broken the glass around the Magna Carta at the British Library in London. Reverend Dr Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judy Bruce, an 85-year-old retired biology teacher, entered the British Library and used a hammer and chisel to crack the enclosure around the Magna Carta - the ‘Great Charter’ that is an essential foundation for the contemporary powers of the UK Parliament. The pair glued their hands together holding a sign that read “The government is breaking the law” and could be heard saying “Is the government above the law?” They are demanding that the UK government commit to an emergency plan to end the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030.
“This week 400 respected scientists - contributors to IPCC reports, are saying we are ‘woefully unprepared’ for what’s coming: 2.5 or more degrees of heating above pre-industrial levels,” Bruce said, referring to . “Instead of acting, our dysfunctional government is like the three monkeys: ‘see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing- pretend we’ve got 25 years’.
.. We haven’t! We must get off our addiction to oil and gas by 2030 – starting now.
” The British Library said police had been notified and despite “minimal” damage to the case, the Magna Carta itself remains undamaged. The protest comes a week after the High Court ruled that the UK government’s . It said there wasn’t enough evi.
