We went out into Manchester to ask people on the street about the announcement that Just Stop Oil would no longer be operating as a protest group.
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00:00My name's Theo Houston-Betts and today I'm out in the streets of Manchester asking people about Just Stop Oil.
00:04And that's because they announced that they're hanging up the high-vis last week after years of protests
00:08and pushing for the government to stop rewarding new oil and gas contracts.
00:12That's exactly what's happened. They've reached their stated intention.
00:15We want to know what people's views of Just Stop Oil were.
00:18Were they a success or were they just an annoyance?
00:20They're just a bit of a nuisance.
00:23Like, for example, like you're sitting on the road, yeah?
00:27Like, I'm sure there's people that have urgent business to attend to.
00:32Yeah, I mean, I don't think that any, you know, normal person's going to be particularly inconvenienced
00:38by how they're being thrown on Stonehenge. Do you know what I mean?
00:42I think stuff like that is, in that it's harmless and also makes a statement, is a good form of protest.
00:49I mean, I understand, like, that they are very passionate about what it is that they're, like, fighting for.
00:57But there's a way in which you go about that.