JUST Stop Oil eco-yobs have been pranked again as YouTubers use alarms stashed in helium balloons to ruin a celebration feast.
Two pranksters handed the eco-clowns a taste of their own medicine and spoiled their vegan banquet.
Two pranksters handed the eco-clowns a taste of their own medicine and spoiled their vegan banquetCredit: Twitter/@joshua_pietersClips shared online showed the activists floating several helium balloons towards the venue’s ceilingCredit: Twitter/@joshua_pietersThe counter-protest group “Just Stop P**sing Everyone Off” (JSPEO) carried out another demonstration against the climate mob on Sunday.
The eco-friendly feast, which they disrupted, promised supporters “100% plant-based” free food alongside live music, campaign updates, and stories from group members “in resistance”.
But the community meal – promoted in an email to the divisive group’s supporters earlier this month – flew off the rails after it was crashed by social media stars Josh Pieters and Archie Manners.
Extinction Rebellion ends disruption demos…piling pressure on Just Stop OilJSPEO, set up by the prank duo, hit the banquet event held at the Heritage and Arts Centre in Bow, east London.
Clips shared online showed the activists floating several helium balloons towards the venue’s ceiling whilst deafening personal safety sirens stashed inside the gasbags blared out.
Pieters, 29, revealed his group had been undercover inside the climate-conscious troupe before unleashing the string of viral counter-demonstrations.
He said in a tweet: “We’ve spent the last few days undercover with Just Stop Oil.
“Today, they held a party to ‘celebrate’ their achievements, and we were there, giving them a taste of their own medicine.”
Magician Archie, 30, also said of the stunt: “Climate Change is the greatest crisis facing our generation - but if we’re going to solve it we need to work together.
“JSO’s tactics over the last 18 months haven’t worked; indeed people across the country are put off this vital cause as a result of their protesting.
“The people at JSO are well-intended; but they’re going about it the wrong way. Stopping mothers getting to hospital, or ruining people’s day out at the snooker isn’t doing anything to tackle climate change.”
They added a full undercover investigation would be released on the pair’s YouTube channel.
World’s first tractor powered by cow dung could help tackle climate changeJust Stop Oil said of the unplanned interruption: “We invited them to eat with us, but the alarms they let off at our banquet instead were the perfect metaphor for the urgency of the climate crisis.”
The Sun first revealed that the YouTube duo – who have more than 1.5 million subscribers – were behind the "kettling" stunt on Thursday.
Each member of the counter-protest group wore identical orange T-shirts similar to ones donned by JSO louts – but emblazoned with a demand to “Just Stop P***ing Everyone Off”.
Some protesters chose to sit down on the pavement as they conceded defeat to the upstart group, which cleared them from the road before cops had even arrived.
Other JSO supporters attempted to convince their new rivals to join their disruptive action, claiming the interruption to their protest represented a “chance to debate”.
But Archie retorted: “There’s an election this time next year. If you don’t like this government why don’t you stand for election?”
And addressing floored protesters, he said: “You are very welcome to leave at any point.
“We just want to stop (Just Stop Oil) p*ssing people off”.
Just Stop Oil claimed the counter group dispersed from the scene and their march along the busy A201 road continued, although after rush hour traffic had subsided.
Josh and Archie have previously flown a mock Chinese spy balloon over Parliament after US intelligence agencies shot down a genuine craft earlier this year.
They also targeted anti-vaccine campaigner Piers Corbyn in another video seen by millions online.
Pieters revealed his group had been undercover inside the climate-conscious troupeCredit: Twitter/@joshua_pieters