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Just Stop Oil disrupt Anneliese Dodds' fundraising dinner
Protesters from Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion, Fossil Free London and Scientist Rebellion take part in an "emergency demonstration" at Parliament Square, central London, January 22, 2024

CLIMATE activists disrupted a fundraising dinner held by Labour frontbencher Anneliese Dodds on Friday night.

Just Stop Oil supporters heckled her in an Oxford restaurant, demanding that she commit to leaving Labour within six months if it fails to cancel all Tory oil and gas licences granted after 2021.

Ollie Sworder, a student from Oxford interrupted the dinner, shouting: “Anneliese Dodds: your party is dropping climate commitments when we need them most. We need you to stand up and to push for Labour to Stop Tory Oil or leave the party.

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