Just Do It: A Tale of Modern-day Outlaws Page #3

into what we want.

So it can be read

in a more anti-capitalist way.

Now, it wouldn't be a very good idea

to go directly from the camp

to the action,

since a group of activists setting off

with D-locks and ladders

would be likely to get rumbled.

So, they head to a temporary base

for the night.

- Shall I start the sauce?

- Yeah.

Has everyone got their batteries

out of their phones?

We've discussed

whether we want people

going into the building

with superglue.

Either trying to get past the barriers

up the escalators,

and into offices, or a trading space,

and supergluing to each other.

If we superglued to the building,

that would be criminal damage.

But we'll be supergluing

to each other.

And the idea was to sing songs.

Not nasty disruption, but disruption,

nonetheless, inside the building.

So the likely charges of both

going inside and being outside

is aggravated trespass,

although going inside

will probably be slightly more.

If this goes to court, you're likely

to get a fine or community service.

Nothing too heavy,

but it will be more if you go inside.

Criminal damage we have avoided

at every cost in planning this action,

which has

much more severe consequences,

so I think we should keep it that way.

They could just try and bail us for

a long time away from Climate Camp.

With the Stansted protest

that some people did,

it happened in less than a month

that we went to court.

But in other cases,

like the Drax case,

it took almost a year,

so it can be any time.

And if you get called to court,

you have to go right then and there?

So, who's going arrestable?

- Can someone count?

- 18.

Oh, yeah!

Has anyone used superglue?

How do they deal with it?

I'd like to hear about that.

If they use the solvent, it shouldn't

hurt at all. It does just come off.

It slides off.

If all else fails,

it's every man for himself.

Just lock onto whatever you can.

Sally will be a spokesperson tomorrow,

so she checks her facts and figures.

As well as oil and gas, they're

also involved in the coal industry.

And specifically Eon.

They've given Eon loads of loans.

They've given them 6 billion of loans

since the bail-out.

To Eon, who are the company

who are involved in Kingsnorth.

If you were going to quote a figure,

make sure you say,

"Took part or were involved in loans,"

because what RBS do is,

they're like the intermediary

between investors

and investment projects...

We're making up the arm locks.

Arm locks are a cunning way

to lock yourself to someone,

so that it's hard to be separated.

It may appear like these guys are

seasoned pros, but don't be fooled.

Only a couple of them

have been arrested before.

The lock is on the front

of your neck, so you can undo it.

That's more comfortable.

How quick was that, guys?

- Pretty quick

- That was really good.

Can we have a talk-through?

James, your first part.

I'm going to drive down and check out

RBS subtly, have a cup of tea.

Look for any abnormal security,

police movements.

If that's all fine, I'm going to park

up and wait for you guys.

If it's not fine,

I'm going to call you.

People in the white marquee,

people blockading the outside -

go to the van, get everything out.

Then, as soon

as everything's out of the van,

that's when arrestable inside

need to go.

We follow straight afterwards,

and just behind us,

we need to have the non-arrestables.

I'm writing the number

of the Climate Camp legal support,

which will be the number we'll call

from jail, if we've been arrested.

And they'll contact our solicitors

and put all of that into action.

It's good to have it on you,

rather than on a piece of paper...

.. because your possessions

might be taken away.

They say, "Who do you want

to be informed about your arrest?"

Give them that number.

Yeah, I've got one of our phones,

so when we're in position,

I'm going to call James.

Oi, you're gonna hurt me.

You're gonna hit my head.

Oi! Whoa!

Can somebody

take the other side of this ladder?

Can you see them at all?

No, they must have got right inside.

Our money! Our future!

- Whose money?

- Our money!

- Have you got a spokesperson?

- I'm the spokesperson.

- OK.

- You'd like to know why we're here?

I would. Obviously,

you are causing a disruption.

We're renovating the RBS,

because we won't stand for the fact

that the government

has invested 33 billion

in the RBS, to bail it out,

and that is financing climate change,

due to the way

that money is invested.

You do realize that you're obstructing

people's access and egress

from the premises?

And obstructing people on the highway.

Michael Hannard,

UK Security Operations Manager.

You've entered unlawfully.

You've been asked to leave

and you've refused.

You've caused intimidation to staff

and disrupted the business.

Let me finish. As a representative

of the business, I will inform you

that if you refuse to leave

and are arrested,

then as a company,

we will prosecute you all.

Is there anything else

that I can do or say

that will make you leave the premises?

If you commit that RBS would stop

investing in the fossil-fuel industry

and change over to serious investment

in renewables,

we would happily leave,

if that was the commitment.

The touchy-feely policing means

the news is not distracted

by police violence

and can now find time to actually

report why the activists are there.

Campaigners have chained themselves

to the London headquarters of the RBS.

Dressed as construction workers,

they used bike locks and superglue

to attach themselves.

We aim

to shut down the bank for a day.

This is an anti-bank's holiday.

They're angry at the investment

in fossil-fuel projects.

Can I just ask

where you guys are from?

I'm from Hackney.

- And you?

- Bedfordshire.

- Where are you from?

- Daily Express, unfortunately.

Well, the Daily Express.

Sh*t. Where's that?

Before long the removal team arrive to

unglue the guys on the trading floor.

Just move out of the way, please.

- Is it superglue, or...?

- Yes.

It may sting a little bit.

I just heard that the people

who are sitting on the second floor

are at the police station.

They must have been taken

by a back way.

Are you happy with these at the front?

- Whose bank?

- Our bank!

- How's it going?

- Really well, I think.

We're still here

- that's always good.

The blockade has managed to hang on

until the end of the business day.

RBS are funding climate change

It's sh*t, it's tax-payers' money

We won't stand for this

We won't stand for this

Once again, Climate Camp

has grabbed the nation's attention

and inspired

a new generation of outlaws,

determined to be a thorn in the side

of capitalists.

I'm Tracy Howard.

I am a wife, mother,

resident and local campaigner

in the village of Sipson.

What's going on

in the village of Sipson?

At the moment we're under the threat

of the third runway.

BAA propose to demolish everything

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