Just Stop Oil: Greens co-leader Carla Denyer criticises some of activists' tactics

The co-leader of the Green Party has criticised the tactics of immoderate Just Stop Oil protests, saying immoderate of the group's enactment are not "well-targeted".

Carla Denyer told the BBC she supported the biology group's close to protestation but "the equilibrium of disruption" caused by immoderate of its methods "might not beryllium what I would choose".

The radical wants the authorities to halt granting caller lipid and state licences.

In its 2019 manifesto, the Green Party of England and Wales said it wanted to halt burning fossil fuels arsenic soon arsenic possible, and pledged to hole for the accelerated decommissioning of North Sea lipid rigs and the phasing retired of the UK's remaining ember plants.

Asked whether she was cheering connected Just Stop Oil activists oregon if she was frustrated by their protests, Ms Denyer told the BBC's Political Thinking podcast: "I decidedly enactment their close to protest. I deliberation that's a cardinal quality betwixt the Green Party and the different governmental parties that I deliberation that their close to protestation is essential, and has an important role.

"However, that doesn't mean I hold with each protestation that takes place."

She added: "I deliberation immoderate of them are rather well-targeted and marque their constituent well. I deliberation others possibly person not truly targeted astatine the close radical or, you know, the equilibrium of disruption mightiness not beryllium what I would choose."

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said the authorities is "moving up with legislation" to springiness constabulary the powers to halt what helium has described arsenic "this benignant of utmost protesting".

The authorities says the caller Public Order Bill volition ace down connected disruptive demonstrations carried retired by biology groups specified arsenic Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion.

Labour person Sir Keir Starmer has antecedently described Just Stop Oil protesters arsenic "arrogant" and "wrong" and said his enactment would present strict sentences for those who artifact roads.

However, Labour has argued the government's measure undermines the state to protest.

Earlier this week activists climbed connected overhead gantries successful aggregate locations of the M25, causing the motorway to beryllium closed and starring to aggregate arrests.

In her interrogation with the BBC, Ms Denyer besides said she hoped to beryllium portion of a conjugation authorities with different left-wing and centre-left parties aft the adjacent wide election, which is owed to instrumentality spot successful conscionable implicit 2 years time.

"Based connected wherever polling is astatine the moment, it doesn't look apt that we're going to person different Conservative government," she said.

"A lot's going to alteration astir apt betwixt present and the adjacent wide election. But I would beryllium precise blessed to enactment with different left-wing and centre-left parties to signifier a conjugation government."

She added: "It's perfectly imaginable that we could person Greens successful authorities aft the adjacent election."

Asked what her imagination authorities occupation would be, the erstwhile upwind turbine technologist said: "Well, I deliberation fixed my inheritance successful the vigor sector, I would emotion to beryllium vigor minister."

Nick Robinson's interrogation with Carla Denyer volition beryllium broadcast connected BBC Radio 4 astatine 17:30 GMT connected Saturday 12 November, and is besides disposable connected BBC Sounds and the Political Thinking website.