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Tory MP clashes with Just Stop Oil campaigners
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A TORY MP clashed with protesters after arriving at his office to find it plastered with posters and swathed in police “crime scene” tape over his support for a new coalmine in Cumbria.

Police were called as Workington MP Mark Jenkinson challenged Just Stop Oil campaigners outside his office this morning.

Plans for a coalmine in Cumbria have sparked repeated protests including by environment campaign Friends of the Earth and Mr Jenkinson’s own constituents.

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