Two women in their 80s with a hammer and chisel made attempts to break the glass encasement holding the original Magna Carta, produced in 1215, at the British Library. Minor damage was done to the glass case in London, England on Friday at 10 am local time, but the centuries-old book remained untouched. The Magna Carta is upheld as one of the most fundamental documents of Western democracy and liberties, as it established the principle that nobody is above the law, not even the government or the monarchy. Anglican Rev. Dr. Sue Parfitt, 82, and retired biology teacher Judy Bruce, 85, one holding the hammer, one holding a chisel, tried and failed to crack the glass. Parfitt, wearing her reverend vestment, holds a sign that states, “The government is breaking the law,” while Bruce wears a “Just Stop Oil” shirt. When, after several swings, they were unable to get anywhere with breaking the glass, they can then be seen on video putting glue on their hands. “Is the government above the law?” they chant in the video. The ladies “then glued their hands together, demanding an emergency plan to just stop oil by 2030,” Just Stop Oil wrote in the caption of the video posted to social media. Just Stop Oil is an environmental activist group that has previously disrupted the nation with its demonstrations to bring fossil fuel use to an end. “The Magna Carta is rightly revered, being of great importance to our history, to our freedoms and to our laws,” Parfitt said in a statement released afterwards. “But there will be no freedom, no lawfulness, no rights, if we allow climate breakdown to become the catastrophe that is now threatened.”According to London’s Metropolitan Police, both Parfitt and Bruce were arrested. Library security reportedly intervened to prevent the suspects from causing further damage, per the Daily Mail. Conservative Policing Minister Chris Philp told the publication the stunt was an act of “extremism.” “Eco-zealots have gone from being harmless hippies to committing reckless acts of criminal damage,” he said. “The Magna Carta is symbolic of our rules-based system, which Just Stop Oil and their friends clearly have contempt for. 'We decide things in this country through peaceful debate, reasoned persuasion and democratic elections - not by vandalism or violence.”“The close links between these eco-terrorists and the Labour Party are becoming more worrying by the day.”.This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
Two women in their 80s with a hammer and chisel made attempts to break the glass encasement holding the original Magna Carta, produced in 1215, at the British Library. Minor damage was done to the glass case in London, England on Friday at 10 am local time, but the centuries-old book remained untouched. The Magna Carta is upheld as one of the most fundamental documents of Western democracy and liberties, as it established the principle that nobody is above the law, not even the government or the monarchy. Anglican Rev. Dr. Sue Parfitt, 82, and retired biology teacher Judy Bruce, 85, one holding the hammer, one holding a chisel, tried and failed to crack the glass. Parfitt, wearing her reverend vestment, holds a sign that states, “The government is breaking the law,” while Bruce wears a “Just Stop Oil” shirt. When, after several swings, they were unable to get anywhere with breaking the glass, they can then be seen on video putting glue on their hands. “Is the government above the law?” they chant in the video. The ladies “then glued their hands together, demanding an emergency plan to just stop oil by 2030,” Just Stop Oil wrote in the caption of the video posted to social media. Just Stop Oil is an environmental activist group that has previously disrupted the nation with its demonstrations to bring fossil fuel use to an end. “The Magna Carta is rightly revered, being of great importance to our history, to our freedoms and to our laws,” Parfitt said in a statement released afterwards. “But there will be no freedom, no lawfulness, no rights, if we allow climate breakdown to become the catastrophe that is now threatened.”According to London’s Metropolitan Police, both Parfitt and Bruce were arrested. Library security reportedly intervened to prevent the suspects from causing further damage, per the Daily Mail. Conservative Policing Minister Chris Philp told the publication the stunt was an act of “extremism.” “Eco-zealots have gone from being harmless hippies to committing reckless acts of criminal damage,” he said. “The Magna Carta is symbolic of our rules-based system, which Just Stop Oil and their friends clearly have contempt for. 'We decide things in this country through peaceful debate, reasoned persuasion and democratic elections - not by vandalism or violence.”“The close links between these eco-terrorists and the Labour Party are becoming more worrying by the day.”.This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
