EXCLUSIVE – Revealed: Stag party who ruined Just Stop Oil protest by chanting ‘We love you oil, we do!’ arrive in Ibiza – as groom vows to take eco-clowns’ banner on tour of island’s mega clubs (…and it might make the wedding photos too!)
- EXCLUSIVE: Stag party crashed Just Stop Oil’s march outside London Waterloo
- Stag Charlie Pearce and his friends have taken the banner to party island Ibiza
The stag party who ruined a Just Stop Oil protest by chanting ‘We love you oil, we do!’ have touched down in Ibiza – and the groom has vowed to take the eco-clowns’ banner on a tour of the island’s mega clubs.
The eco-activists were holding their latest demonstration near London Waterloo station when suddenly soon-to-be married father Charlie Pearce, 33, and his friends hijacked it on their way to the Spanish party island.
Footage shows Mr Pearce, a successful builder and landscape gardener from Chertsey, Surrey, dressed head-to-toe in pink, running behind the group’s orange banner, chanting: ‘We love you oil, we do!’
The 14-strong group, which includes his brother and best man George Pearce, 30, then cheer as the groom rips the sign out of the hands of the protesters and runs away, twirling it in the air before throwing it on the ground.
The unimpressed demonstrators are then seen continuing their march as the rest of the group run off with their suitcases trailing behind.
MailOnline exclusively obtained pictures of the the group of lads holding their new banner up on the London Underground and in Ibiza – and Mr Pearce even hinted it could make an appearance at his September wedding.
After touching down in Ibiza and snapping a quick group photo with the banner in front of the airport sign, Mr Pearce, who has two children and a step-daughter, told MailOnline: ‘To be honest, I was actually willing to just go home after that start!
Footage shows groom Charlie Pearce, dressed head-to-toe in pink, running behind Just Stop Oil’s banner before a flight to Ibiza
The stag party who ruined the protest by chanting ‘We love you oil, we do!’ have arrived in Ibiza. Pictured: Mr Pearce (in pink) with friends in front of the Ibiza Airport sign
Soon-to-be married Mr Pearce (wearing halo) and his group of friends stole the Just Stop Oil banner. Here, they are pictured with it on the London Underground
Mr Pearce (pictured) was certainly dressed for the occasion as he made his way to the airport ahead of a weekend stag do in Ibiza. He has vowed to take the banner across Ibiza’s mega clubs
‘It’s hard to peak what we’ve just done in Waterloo. We trekked across London, got on the plane, landed in Ibiza and I was quite happy just to go home! It was just funny as it was.’
Mr Pearce and his friends, which includes some professional cricketers, are planning to take the banner to some of Ibiza’s classic institutions such as the world-renowned Ocean Beach club. ‘We’ll show it and show our support for the anti-Just Stop Oil,’ he added.
‘Look, apart from their cause, I am against causing disruption to people’s lives especially when it’s a big event which people save a lot of money for and then people try and disrupt it.
‘It’s not fair on people working hard enjoying their lives and people come along and think its OK to jump in and ruin things.’
Mr Pearce said he believes ‘the whole of our Surrey postcode has seen the video’ including his fiancée Nicola. ‘She’s had a lot of messages, she’s had a few people messaging her from work and she’s got a high classified job and they are all sending messages of laughter and having a joke about it.
‘We’ve had nothing but support and people are very happy about what’s gone on.’
When asked if the banner will be at the wedding, Mr Pearce said: ‘If needed, then I am sure people will be happy to see it there. We are at a bit of an exclusive destination but I’ll probably sneak off with all the lads and get a photo with it.’
Hollie Crane, the sister of both the stag and best man, told MailOnline it was ‘hilarious’ that they came across the protest because they are very passionate against how the eco-zealots carry out their demonstrations.
Charlie (right) and his best man and brother George (left). They are both passionate against how Just Stop Oil carry out their protests
Mr Pearce’s friends cheer as he rips the sign out of the hands of the protesters and runs away, twirling it in the air before throwing it on the ground
‘They feel really strongly about the actual protesters so it’s hilarious they’ve stumbled across them. It’s a bit of a passionate subject,’ she said.
‘There’s 14 of them on the trip. My husband decided not to go for his own well-being, he’s annoyed he’s missed out on all fun.’
As Charlie and George are both fathers, Ms Crane joked that the family are concerned ‘for their wellbeing over the weekend’.
She added: ‘Charlie’s usually very chilled and quite quiet until someone presses his buttons. He’s quite shy. Its usually George [who is the loud one].’
Ms Crane, a 37-year-old director of an Early Years nursery chain, believes that Fulham FC fanatic Charlie will be delighted in having a role in disrupting the eco-mob.
‘Charlie speaks about them quite a lot, how they hold up traffic and ambulances – I’m sure he feels quite comforted he’s made a bit of a mark on things,’ she said.
‘We disagree with the protesters approach, we are aware of the bigger picture but the way they act is pathetic.’
After Ms Crane and her family received the video into the WhatsApp family group chat, she said that they all saw the funny side as its a big topic in their household, but they suddenly worried the boys might not make it to Ibiza if they were arrested.
Fortunately, the stag do have arrived in Ibiza where they are set to party until Monday. Mr Pearce will marry Nicola on September 16 later this year – but not before a UK stag made up of 40 friends the week before.
The bemused Just Stop Oil protesters continued their their march near London Waterloo after
The stag party will be in Ibiza until Monday and are planning to take it across the Spanish party island
In another video from this morning, an onlooker can he heard reprimanding the group and saying: ‘You’re stopping people going to the hospital who need treatment.’
The Metropolitan Police’s Events Team tweeted today: ‘Police were made aware of 15/20 Just Stop Oil #protesters walking slowly in York Road at 12:20hrs, causing serious disruption today, Friday, 30 June.
‘Officers were on scene at 12.23hrs and issued a condition to move off the carriageway, which was complied with immediately.’
A JSO spokesman said: ‘Today, 25 students are marching in Waterloo to demand that the UK government immediately halt all new fossil fuel licences.’
It comes just days after a JSO campaigner was carried off the wicket at Lord’s by Jonny Bairstow during England’s second Ashes test with Australia.
Daniel Knorr, a 21-year-old biochemistry student from Oxford, Jason Bourne, a 26-year-old from Leeds, and Judit Murray, a 69-year-old grandmother from Surrey, ran onto the world’s most famous cricket ground while hurling orange powder into the air.
England wicketkeeper Bairstow was forced to take matters into his own hands by physically stopping Knorr and carrying him across the outfield – to cheers from the crowd.
Knorr, who was arrested in April trying to scale and cover ‘Dippy the Diplodocus’ with orange powder at a Coventry gallery, looked utterly delighted as a quietly determined Bairstow lugged him away before dumping him on the boundary for security to deal with. He was then dragged off by police.
The student will appear alongside his two co-defendants at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on July 31. The charges carry a maximum penalty of three months’ imprisonment.
In another video, an onlooker can he heard reprimanding the group and saying: ‘You’re stopping people going to the hospital who need treatment’
The group also held up traffic in Hammersmith yesterday, resulting in a passer-by throwing milk over the group.
In a video posted online, a man can be heard muttering to himself before he approaches the group of around six protesters in the road and throws an open bottle of whole milk over them.
READ MORE: Furious bystander hurls milk over Just Stop Oil protesters as they perform road-blocking slow march
Before that, two people in a landscape gardening truck got sick of waiting for police to arrive and remove JSO protesters at another London location, as they swerved across the road and hurled abuse at the activists.
On Monday, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist told LBC that policing the action has cost £5.5million since April, on top of the £7.5million spent policing the series of protests Just Stop Oil staged between last October and December.
Earlier this month, protest laws were tightened up to allow officers to intervene earlier when protesters are marching in the road, forcing them on to the pavement where disruption is felt to be more than minor.
The group’s actions have led some frustrated motorists to take matters into their own hands in the same way as Bairstow did on Wednesday, but Downing Street said the situation at Lord’s was an unusual one and dealing with protests should usually be left to the police.
‘There is a reason we empowered the police to take action and that’s what we see day-to-day,’ Mr Sunak’s spokesman said.
‘Obviously these were unusual circumstances.’
JSO has been staging daily protests since April 24, disrupting high-profile events including the Chelsea Flower Show, the Gallagher Premiership rugby final at Twickenham and the World Snooker Championship.
It is calling for an end to all new coal, oil and gas projects in the UK.
When Londoners fought back against Just Stop Oil protesters
Milk attack – June 29
As Just Stop Oil protesters held up traffic by slow marching in Hammersmith, London on Thursday, they were stopped in their tracks by a passer-by.
In a video posted online, a man can be heard muttering to himself before he approaches the group of around six protesters in the road and throws an open bottle of whole milk over them.
The man, whose identity is unknown, poured the milk over the protesters and hurled verbal abuse at them
Moped ploughs through banner – June 26
In Camberwell, a motorcyclist refused to be held up by the rush-hour slow march, ploughing through their banner and tossing it on the ground as he rode away.
The brazen rider was seen careering straight through two protesters holding up the JSO sign which he then gathers and disposes of.
The unnamed motorcyclist drove straight through the group’s latest demonstration
Water soaker – June 22
Ryan Davis, 60, emptied two buckets of water as half a dozen protesters slow marched in the middle of the road past his flat in Camden, North London.
Mr Davis said his only regret was that he did not have more time to administer a soaking from the balcony of his third floor flat.
Just Stop Oil protesters were drenched in water by Mr Davis who stood on his balcony as they held up yet more traffic in north London
School pupils respond – June 19
Just Stop Oil became so unpopular earlier this month that children – who its protesters repeatedly claim are the generation whose futures they are campaigning to save – have started berating the group in the streets.
Pupils were seen reprimanding slow-marchers in Stratford, east London, for making them late for lessons.
A school pupil remonstrates with Just Stop Oil protesters as they carry on their actions of bringing traffic to a standstill to the streets of London this morning in Stratford
Sign ripper – June 16
Just Stop Oil’s protest in Kensington earlier this month proved too much for one man, whose temper exploded leading to him snatching signs off protesters and ripping them apart.
While in another video, a furious white van man caught up in the snarl-up raged at the eco-mob ‘you should be arrested for doing this,’ before adding: ‘Why are we the victims? Go to the Government and stand outside 10 Downing Street. Go outside Downing Street and do your thing there like normal people do.’
But the scene prompted fury this morning, with one man being seen to snatch the signs from protesters and rip it up
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