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We have seen the impact of the current state of affairs in action. In October 2024, Manchester Magistrates’ Court cleared two Just Stop Oil activists who had glued themselves to a painting in the Manchester Art Gallery in 2022. The court ruled that they were not guilty because their actions were proportionate in the face of the climate crisis. How can this be? How can we allow the law to permit the commission of criminal offences simply because a person is concerned by climate change?