Coventry activist glues himself to microphone and refuses to leave during chaotic interview on LBC

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Nathan McGovern, an activist for Just Stop Oil, glued himself to an LBC microphone during an interview with presenter Tom Swarbrick



A Coventry activist threw a radio broadcast into chaos on Sunday (April 3) morning when he glued himself to a microphone and refused to leave the studio. Just Stop Oil spokesman Nathan McGovern had been chatting to presenter Tom Swarbrick when he took issue with the way the station handled his eco-friendly message, reports The Mirror.

McGovern accused LBC of 'not using their massive platform' to share the dangers of climate change while taking out a tube of glue from his pocket. He then proceed to stick his left palm to the microphone.

Alerting listeners to what was going on in the studio, Swarbrick 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."

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Explaining his course of action, McGovern told the host: "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. I’m having to take the microphone in a situation like this, and having to tell people the situation we are in because people like you will not."

Swarbrick was then forced to change studios to continue his show. After the drama, Just Stop Oil posted a statement on social media.

"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," they insisted.

It comes after an activist from the same group made headlines last month by bringing a football match between Everton and Newcastle United to a halt after tying himself to a goalpost.

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Dear God, idiots like this are our future!

I truly despair.

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The trouble with "Just Stop Oil" is oil is not only used to make vehicle fuel. It's also used to transport goods by sea and rail, to make plastic, to make fertiliser and even to make medicines!

Without oil, life as we know it today simply could not exist.