Cambridge-educated Just Stop Oil eco-zealot boasts she can ‘go anywhere in the country’ as she celebrates having her ankle tag removed – after bringing M25 to a halt when she climbed a gantry in fossil fuel protest
- Louise Harris, 24, posted her relief at her ankle tag being taken off for Christmas
- The Just Stop Oil activist was one of 22 charged for a protest on M25 last month
- The Cambridge-educated singer was filmed on the gantry above the motorway
- Harris appeared to choke up and said: ‘I’m here because I don’t have a future’
A Just Stop Oil protestor has posted a video documenting her relief at having her ankle tag taken off just in time for Christmas.
Cambridge-educated Louise Harris was made to wear the device after she helped shut down the M25 by climbing onto a gantry above the motorway last month.
But the singer-songwriter has revealed on Facebook that she no longer has to wear the tag because she is now not subject to a curfew.
The 24-year-old environmental protestor first added a video showing her charging the bracelet up, saying: ‘All right everyone, happy Tuesday, I’m just plugging myself in for the day. Flashing nicely.’
Harris, 24, spoke through tears while filming herself on the gantry above the M25 motorway on November 7, telling viewers: ‘You might hate me for doing this’
Harris was filmed gleefully screaming about having her ankle tag taken off. She said: ‘Oh my God! I’m so excited, I can’t believe it. Well I can believe it, because I did believe it would come off and it has, so that’s amazing’
The video showed the protestor charging the device and it flashing while attached to her ankle.
But fast forward to the next video, and she is seen gleefully screaming about having the tag taken off.
The video is captioned ‘Got the news today that…..’, and Louise says: ‘Oh my God, I’m so happy. So I’ve just found out, I’ve just got a call from my solicitor and my tag is being removed.
‘Yes! I’m so happy! I can go into London, I can see my friends, I can be part of the JSO community again, I can go and work on my music stuff, I can go to the meetings for my work, so many things.
‘Oh my God! I’m so excited, I can’t believe it. Well I can believe it, because I did believe it would come off and it has, so that’s amazing.
‘I no longer have a restriction zone so I’m no longer bound to the Harpenden and Luton area, I can go anywhere I want and I won’t have to wear an ankle tag.
‘That means I can literally go anywhere in the country.’
Specially trained police officers use ropes to bring down a Just Stop Oil protester on a gantry on the M25 on November 7
Police watch as traffic is held back as an activist from Just Stop Oil occupies a gantry over the M25 near Godstone in Surrey
Queues tailed back for miles in the middle of the Monday morning rush on November 7 as police arrived to detain the rebels bringing traffic to a standstill at more than half a dozen separate locations on the ringroad
Louise Harris was spared jail earlier this summer for the disruption caused when she and another protester – both clad in orange Just Stop Oil t-shirts – tried to tie themselves to goal posts during Tottenham Hotspur’s clash with West Ham in March
Harris, of Caddington, Bedfordshire, previously said her environmental activism was an ‘act of self defence’.
She believes civil resistance is the only way to get people to see the perils of oil.
The singer songwriter was remanded in custody after pleading guilty to causing a public nuisance following her M25 protest at junction 25, on November 7.
She was among 22 people charged as part of a joint operation involving the Metropolitan Police, Essex Police, Surrey Police, Kent Police and Hertfordshire Police, following widespread disruption on the M25 at the start of November.
The Metropolitan Police and officers from other forces moved in after more than a dozen protesters forced the closure of several sections of the M25 during the morning rush hour – despite a court order barring them from disrupting the motorway.
During the ruckus, Harris was filmed yelling through tears: ‘You might hate me for doing this,’ as she scaled a gantry while traffic queues tailed back for miles.
Reflecting on the incident, the activist – who self-styles as a ‘pop singer-songwriter – aligned herself with rebels during the Irish War Of Independence
Injunction which was supposed to STOP eco-zealots grinding M25 to a halt
National Highways has secured a High Court injunction to prevent Just Stop Oil protesters disrupting England’s busiest motorway.
The court has granted a further injunction which aims to stop unlawful demonstrations on the M25, which encircles Greater London, in an attempt to end disruption to the busy road by the environmental group.
It means that anyone entering the motorway and fixing themselves to any object or structure on it, and anyone assisting in such an act, can be held in contempt of court.
They could face imprisonment, an unlimited fine, and the seizure of assets.
The injunction was secured in addition to a court order obtained by National Highways earlier this year that targeted protesters including those from Insulate Britain.
National Highways’ existing injunction covers the M25, the M25 feeder roads and major roads in Kent and around the Port of Dover until May 2023.
Appearing to choke up in the clip recorded from the gantry, Harris shouted: ‘Hello, my name is Louise, I’m 24 years old and I’m here…I’m here because I don’t have a future. And you might hate me for doing this and you’re entitled to hate me. But I wish you would direct all that anger and hatred at our Government. They are betraying young people like me.
‘I wouldn’t have to be there if they did their lawful duty to their own citizens. I’m part of the Just Stop Oil coalition demanding an end to all new oil and gas licences in the UK. What we’re asking for is what all the scientists are asking for, the United Nations, the International Energy Agency, the IPCC.
‘How many more people have to say we don’t have a liveable future if you continue licensing oil and gas for you to listen? Why does it take young people like me, up on a f*****g gantry on the M25, for you to listen?’
Harris was spared jail earlier this summer for the disruption caused when she and another protester – both clad in orange Just Stop Oil t-shirts – tried to tie themselves to goal posts during Tottenham Hotspur’s clash with West Ham in March.
Reflecting on the incident, the activist – who self-styles as a ‘pop singer-songwriter – aligned herself with rebels during the Irish War Of Independence.
In a Facebook post, she declared that ‘we must learn form history’ to stop climate activists being executed like rebels were.
She has even said she would go to war ‘to save the human race’ if the time comes.
However, she followed the sentiment by acknowledging ‘war is awful’ and she would rather ‘be part of nonviolent civil resistance instead.’
Harris appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday November 8, and was remanded in custody. She was later freed – with the electronic tag.
Electronic monitoring is used in England and Wales to monitor curfews and conditions of a court or prison order.
Tags are usually attached to people’s ankles and monitor their location.
A monitoring unit is also installed in a place stated in the court or prison order, and is usually the person’s home.
Those who breach their conditions can be returned to court.
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