Roadblocks, soup hurling, superglue … Just Stop Oil protests divide activists on direct action

As a month of climate protests ends, environmentalists are split on whether disruption or moderation is best to galvanise change

Not for the first time this month, a protest by climate activists descended into acrimony and the threat of violence today. At midday, close to the Oval cricket ground in south London, a dozen or so Just Stop Oil activists brought weekend traffic to a halt.

Irate motorists dragged protesters aggressively off the road. Move out the fucking way," shouted one driver. [I] swear to God, I'm going to crack some of you in the fucking face."