Eco-activist GLUES his hand to microphone during live LBC interview

Moment eco-activist GLUED hand to microphone during live LBC interview: Cops quiz Just Stop Oil campaigner over stunt that forced station to cut its broadcast and switch to new studio

• Climate activist Nathan McGovern, 22, glued his hand to the microphone 
• The protester pulled the stunt over to inform listeners about climate crisis
• He said LBC host Tom Swarbrick was not using his ‘massive platform’ to do so
• McGovern has been questioned by police after being left ‘in the dark’ in the studio while the Met was called
• Just Stop Oil say that McGovern was not charged with any offences 

By Chay Quinn and Jessica Warren For Mailonline

Published: 12:49, 3 April 2022 | Updated: 17:13, 3 April 2022

A protester from Just Stop Oil glued themselves to a radio microphone while live on air this morning. 

Climate activist Nathan McGovern, 22, was speaking to Tom Swarbrick in LBC’s Westminster studio when he glued his hand to the microphone at around 11.40am.

Mr McGovern said that the station was ‘not using’ its ‘massive platform’ to inform listeners of the dangers of the climate crisis.

The broadcaster confirmed later that Mr McGovern had been questioned by police.

He said that he pulled the stunt because ‘people need to be aware’.

The climate activist said that he, an ‘ordinary person’, was having to tell listeners about the climate crisis

Mr McGovern, from Just Stop Oil, said that presenter Tom Swarbrick was not using his ‘massive platform’ to tell people about the climate ‘situation’

Speaking live, Mr McGovern said to Mr Swarbrick: ‘You have a massive platform, a microphone that you can use to tell people about the situation we’re in and you’re not using it. 

‘An ordinary person like me is having to take the microphone and tell your viewers the situation we are in.’ 

The LBC presenter said: ‘For those of you listening wondering what the banging on the microphone is, Mr McGovern seems to have, you’ve glued yourself to the microphone? That’s fantastic.’ 

After the incident, LBC presenter and Daily Mail columnist Andrew Pierce took over the live programme from Global’s Leicester Square, before handing back to Mr Swarbrick when arrived there.

During this time, Mc McGovern was left in the studio in the dark while waiting for police to arrive.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: ‘Police were called at 11:56hrs on Sunday, 3 April following reports a man had attempted to glue his hand to a microphone at a radio studio in Millbank, SW1.

‘Officers attended and spoke with the informant who told them the man’s hand had become unstuck before police arrived. They did not wish to support any further criminal action.’

He appeared as a spokesperson for Animal Rebellion advocating a ‘plant-based food system’ on Nigel Farage’s GB News show in October 2021

Mr McGovern invaded the Tottenham v West Ham match in a protest last week and was dragged off the pitch

The Coventry activist has flirted with XR and Animal Rebellion and disrupted the game after finishing a Masters degree in religion at King’s College London earlier this year

Mr McGovern invaded the Tottenham v West Ham match in a protest last week and was dragged off the pitch, the Metro reported.

The Coventry activist has flirted with XR and Animal Rebellion and disrupted the game after finishing a Masters degree in religion at King’s College London earlier this year.

He appeared as a spokesperson for Animal Rebellion advocating a ‘plant-based food system’ on Nigel Farage’s GB News show in October 2021. 

After the disruption, the group tweeted: ‘Every new oil and gas facility tightens the noose around the necks of our young people.

‘If the media will not communicate their predicament they will have no choice but to take the microphone.’ 

Protesters were glued on to roads, suspended on bamboo tripods, and locked on to oil drums and each other from around 4am.

There is no suggestion anyone picture was among those arrested 

At least 34 climate change protesters have been arrested over the blocking of oil terminals across the country – as the activist groups warned they would become ‘more disruptive than ever’ from next week

Protestors from Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion obstructed 10 fuel sites in the Midlands and southern England in the early hours of Friday morning, to stand against ‘expanding UK oil and gas production’.

Protesters were glued on to roads, suspended on bamboo tripods, and locked on to oil drums and each other from around 4am.

Police said arrests were made for offences including aggravated trespass, criminal damage and obstructing the highway.

The Met arrested 14 activists who broke into a facility at Bedfont Road in Staines, Surrey, while Essex Police detained 13 demonstrators at various sites, and West Midlands Police arrested six people at a terminal in Tyburn, Birmingham.  

More than 200 people were arrested as climate change activists entered a third day of protests at oil terminals today.

Warwickshire Police said the force has made 54 arrests for offences including criminal damage, obstructing the highway and public order in relation to the ongoing protest at Kingsbury Oil Terminal.

In Essex, officers have arrested a total of 155 people following protests in the Thurrock district.

Activists from Just Stop Oil have been blocking access to oil terminals over the last three days, demanding that the Government stops new oil and gas projects.

Warwickshire Police said on Sunday that a ‘significant operation remains ongoing’ at Kingsbury, with officers working to bring the situation to a resolution ‘as soon as possible’.

Assistant Chief Constable Ben Smith, who is leading the operation, said: ‘We fully acknowledge every person’s right to engage in lawful protest; however, when that protest becomes unlawful and disproportionate in nature, we will act to protect the rights of others.

‘Due to the nature and scale of the policing operation, a large number of officers have been deployed over the last two days.

‘Although policing services have been effectively maintained across the rest of the county, I am hopeful the situation can be brought to a swift conclusion so my officers can return to protecting the communities of Warwickshire.’

Essex Police said 63 arrests were made on Friday, 57 on Saturday and a further 35 on Sunday, for a variety of offences.

Activists from Just Stop Oil said on Saturday that they had blocked access to the Titan Truck Park and revealed a secret underground network of tunnels at the Navigator and Grays oil terminals.

Assistant Chief Constable Rachel Nolan said: ‘The operational and logistical challenges my officers have faced in the last 48 hours have been exceptional.

‘We continue to work today with our key partners to bring these protests to a swift and safe conclusion, and to minimise community impact.

‘A priority has been to reopen the sites disrupted by these protests, and I am pleased with the progress we are making.

‘I want to once again be clear: policing is not anti-protest, but we must intervene where there is a risk to life or where laws are being broken, and we will do so.’

Arrests have been made elsewhere too in recent days.

The Metropolitan Police arrested 14 activists who broke into a facility at Bedfont Road in Staines, Surrey, and West Midlands Police arrested six people at a terminal in Tyburn, Birmingham.

Hampshire Police said a number of protests took place on Friday at Hythe Terminal in New Road in Hythe and at BP in Hamble Lane and Copse Lane, and officers made four arrests.

Two people were arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass while two others were held on suspicion of aggravated trespass and failing to comply with conditions.

The force said on Saturday that all protesters have since left the area and the active police presence across both sites has been stood down.

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