JUST STOP OIL activists flyposted the headquarters of Exeter Labour Party today with printouts of a letter they sent to parliamentary candidate Steve Race last week.

The letter asked him to commit to leaving the Labour Party if, within six months of forming a government, it fails to revoke oil licences granted by the Tories since 2021. 

In his response, Mr Race refused to commit to the pledge, citing his commitment to the Labour Party manifesto. 

Protester Jordan said that Mr Race’s position “means that Exeter Labour will remain complicit in the murder that is going to be caused by the Tory oil licences.”

She said: “People are already dying because of the climate crisis. People in Libya last year were dying by the thousands, and this is only going to be made worse by Tory oil licences. We’re going to see the effects of it here in Exeter too. 

“If Exeter Labour really cared about its constituents, it would have made a commitment to stopping Tory oil.”

Police attended the scene but made no arrests. A Labour staffer who was present said: “I completely agree with your right to protest.”