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Just Stop Oil has refused to rule out disrupting King Charles' coronation and the UK's local elections later this year - and may target strike days amid plans to ramp up its protests.
The eco-group hailed last year a 'success' that has led to a 'significantly increased' membership and 'more active members' after a series of stunts that caused widescale disruption across 2022.
Eco-zealots brought large parts of London and the south east to a standstill after embarking on more than 30 days of continuous protests that included blocking roads in the capital and scaling gantries over the M25 on multiple occasions.
One pair of protesters also suspended themselves from the Dartford Crossing in October, causing more than 36 hours of chaos on one of the UK's busiest roads.
Just Stop Oil has refused to rule out disrupting King Charles' (pictured) coronation in May later this year
Just Stop Oil eco-zealots pictured holding a banner as they block a road in London in October last year
But Just Stop Oil has vowed to go 'further and faster' this year.
The group's spokesperson Alex De Koning told LBC: 'It is [the plan], indeed]. We are facing the extinction of the human race, why would we slow down now?
'If it is not in the public sphere, then it is not in the public conversation. Unfortunately the actions will be disruptive because, as history has shown, that is how change is most likely to happen.
'Unfortunately we are going to have to do more because we need more change and we need it faster.'
Asked whether this would mean an increase in the number of days targeted or a rise in the level of disruption, he said 'potentially both'.
He added: 'When two people threw soup at the Van Gough painting, that got more people talking about the climate crisis than when 33 million people in Pakistan got displaced because of the floods.'
Mr De Koning also said the group is exploring a new tactic of targeting strike days and refused to rule out organising demonstrations to disrupt key events.
This includes the UK's local elections, due to be held on May 4, and King Charles' coronation two days later.
But Lord Stephen Greenhalgh, former Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime in London, said the plans are
