Environmental protestors block traffic during LGBTQ parade. This is just too funny!

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London Pride: Seven arrests as Just Stop Oil protest delays parade

July 1, 2023

Seven Just Stop Oil protesters have been arrested while trying to halt the annual Pride parade in central London.

Images on social media showed police removing demonstrators who managed to briefly stop the march.

The Metropolitan Police said seven people were arrested for public nuisance offences.

Before the parade started, LGBTQ+ Just Stop Oil members called on Pride to stop accepting sponsorship money from “high-polluting industries”.

Organisers estimate more than 30,000 participants from across 600 organisations took part in the parade.

Speaking after the arrests, Will De’Athe-Morris, from Pride in London said he did not want the protest to overshadow the parade’s core message.

“Pride is a protest and pride is a celebration,” he told the BBC. “We are protesting for LGBTQ+ rights and for our trans siblings in a separate march alone.

“So for us anyone who tries to disrupt that protest and parade is really letting down those people who use this space once a year to come together to celebrate and protest for those rights.”

Police said the parade was briefly delayed for around 17 minutes while officers dealt with the protesters at Piccadilly’s junction with Down Street.

BBC Radio London’s Rob Oxley said the protesters “sat down in front of the Coke float for around 20 minutes”.

“The DJ on the float continued to play music and the crowd cheered as they were removed.”