Why Stonehenge? Why not BP’s corporate offices? THAT would be a statement, not defacing an ancient monument that has zero connections with Big Oil.

This does not work for me sorry. I live in Andover 9 miles from the site. As a kid I climbed the stones before they blocked it off and went to a number of solstices with my dad. I understand they need to make news headlines, but the target has to be something else entirely, not ancient monuments.

We need to save the planet, let's draw attention to environmental issues. YES! let's use SPRAY PAINT IN THE OPEN AIR ON A MONUMENT to do that. (Needles to say I am losing faith in activists. they are getting close to influencers nowadays)

Considering spray paint uses a propellent, the act itself was an environmental affront.

So a few years ago Greenpeace caused permanent damage to the Nazca lines with a really d*mb publicity stunt, now these clowns target Stonehenge. What does either of these acts have to do with protecting the environment? The only thing they do is give environmentalists a bad name

That's just ridiculous! Why vandalize Stonehenge? And on top we cant exit fossil fuel in a rush because there is not enough infrastructure and green energy to provide the e cars. And who can f*****g afford an electric car?

Why didn't they just set themselves on fire? That really gets attention and at the same time rids the world of two loons. Win win!

No, just no. This isn't making a stand for the environment. This is just being a criminal and defacing a prehistoric monument. I respect the right to protest, but defacing one of the most visited megalithic monuments in the world isn't how you take a stand. They're damaging their cause by engaging in vandalism; people are now going to associate protesters speaking against big oil companies with ecoterrorism. Do they understand how much water it's going to take to remove the orange powder!? (No, because they are idiots).

F***ing idiots. They need a good long jail sentence to sit and ponder their actions. I am sick and tired or their stupid actions which mean that ordinary people are less able to visit sites like this for fear that they will be damaged by such moronic acts.

Hell’s bells, even I took one look at the photo and thought ‘aw, no, it’s those faux climate change activists, isn’t it’. You don’t mess with people’s cultural monuments, you just don’t; it’s messing with part of the identity of their culture at some point.

I no longer cared about their statement when they attacked Vincent Van Gogh artwork. If I was there k would have beat them to a pulp.

"The rain will wash it away", they claimed of the equestrian monument of Vittorio Emanuele in Milan's Piazza del Duomo. But it turned out that a tender had to be called for a specialist firm, because the orange paint could not be removed easily. The repair required public money and the monument was left damaged for about two months. https://www.milanotoday.it/cronaca/monumento-duomo-vernice-pulizia.html

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My two cents. Sure, we need to do better by our planet. However, not one of the Stop Oil protesters offers up a plausible/workable solution. So we are just supposed to stop using gas and oil? And replace it with what? Sure there is solar, but it does cost money and energy to manufacture the solar panels. Wind power? Sure, but again it takes money and energy to build those huge windmills. And who is going to purchase EV cars for everyone that doesn't have one? They are expensive and from what I hear, those batteries really can't be recycled when they die. So... protesters, give us a workable solution to the problem. If you are just going to b*tch about it and ruin art and monuments, you are no better than the problem you want to solve.

Ugh. I usually defend JSO even while having reservations about their logic and effectiveness but this is just stupid - by far the dumbest stunt they've pulled. Targeting well-protected art was one thing - dubious in it's messaging but there was a logic to it. This is just idiotic. The stones have survived a lot so I don't expect this will matter in the long run, but there's nothing good here.

They're just attracting hate now, defacing art and monuments attracts the WRONG kind of attention! Just Stop Oil are no better than terrorists

As someone stated, if you want to pull a stunt like this, do it to an appropriate target. Stonehenge is NOT an appropriate target. Now, a UNESCO World Heritage site, something that is supposed to be a treasure to and for all of humanity, is now damaged. What next? The pyramids at Giza? The Taj Mahal? The Kaaba? Seriously, why do this? It doesn't promote your cause, and instead, it makes almost everyone despise you!

Protesting the discharge of gases and chemicals into the atmosphere by spraying chemicals into the atmosphere. Geniuses. We should plaster their picture everywhere as an example of the ultimate in misguided stupidity.

I hope they gonna have plenty of time to think of what they done in prison.

This is blackmail, the formal definition of which is "demanding actions or monies with menaces." Doesn't matter WHY they're demanding whatever, it's still blackmail. I also find this disgusting, ruining even one tourist's vacation over your personal opinion is uncalled for.

Acts of vandalism, especially on sites that have nothing to do with their cause, stops all support from me. These people think they are saviours of the world, sadly they are part of the problem, not the solution.

What a great way to show those stones who’s the boss! 🤦‍♀️

I honestly feel like this has to be funded by oil companies... it just seems so stupid...

do i need to start carrying around a Shillelagh? cause i will

I mean, on the one hand, this absolutely doesn't matter at all. The stones have been there for five thousand years, they've survived worse than having paint lobbed on them. But on the other hand, Just Stop Oil are morons. All they ever do is f**k up things people enjoy and then wonder why nobody supports them. No wonder some people believe they must be agents provocateurs in the pay of the oil companies; their grasp of marketing is utterly remedial.

Modern Stonehenge was rebuilt in the 1920s with multiple touch ups over the decades. It's nothing that can't be fixed without issue. People complain about the protests, but we've reached a point where disruption seems to be required because we are not doing enough. But seriously folks, they're rocks, we can clean them just fine. And what they did to the Charles portrait was a significant improvement, so it's not all bad : )