THREE Just Stop Oil activists lost their appeal today against convictions for blocking traffic by slow-walking down Earl’s Court Road.
Phoebe Plummer, Daniel Hall and Chiara Sarti took part in a 61-person protest in central London in November 2023, where they were said to have caused “significant delay and frustration amongst motorists.”
Ms Sarti and Mr Hall were each given a 12-month community order and 100 hours’ unpaid work while Ms Plummer was given three months in prison, with a further 24 months for throwing soup on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in the National Gallery in October 2022.
ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?



