Climate change activist Sean Irish sparked a heated clash with GB News host Bev Turner over Just Stop Oil's plans to disrupt British summer holidays.
It comes as the controversial group plans to wreak havoc at airports across the country to call on the Government to stop all new oil licenses.
Among the plans, the protesters are hoping to storm terminal buildings, hold sittings and glue themselves to runways.
Bev Turner told Just Stop Oil's Sean Irish that the protests are 'unfair'
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In a heated discussion on GB News, protester Sean Irish defended the plans and said there would be "no need" for them to take direct action if the government stopped new oil licenses.
Bev Turner slammed Just Stop Oil and said it "breaks her heart" that such demonstrations are set to take place.
Bev asked Irish: "What gives you the right to spoil people's holidays when they work hard all year?
"They make money to go away once a year and enjoy a week of sun and then you lot are going to be sat there stopping their plane taking off."
Just Stop Oil are planning to disrupt summer holidays by storming UK airports
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Irish responded: "We are looking at a cost living crisis. We have to be realistic about this. One per cent of aviation, the people who take the flights, contribute 50 per cent of aviation fuels. This is a massive contributor to the climate crisis."
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He added: "What we are saying is the Government is not taking action. And what have people done historically when their government ignores them? They take action.
"If today Rishi Sunak comes out and says we will not continue with the genocidal policy of new oil and gas, then no, I will not go anywhere near runways."
Bev hit back at Irish, stating: "He's not going to do that, is he? I understand that you need to do some sort of radical protest, but you're losing the public."
"When you have Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer rowing back on their green policies, it's because they're responding to the electorate, because of your means. You have alienated people who want a cleaner planet, cleaner waters, cleaner air. Most of us want environmental changes."
Irish responded: "People are going to take action just like they have in the past. If you do not like annoying protesters, make your government do something that doesn't need to be protested."
Just Stop Oil campaigner Sean Irish clashed with host Bev Turner over the decision
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Bev became frustrated with Irish, as she then fumed: "What's going to happen this summer when you disrupt these planes? Everybody's going to feel frustrated sitting on those planes, and it's not fair on the British public.
"They can't do anything about it. If you want to get involved in politics, stand in an election, do something meaningful."
Irish defended Just Stop Oil again, claiming: "You've just put very much nail on the coffin of what we're saying - don't you think a democracy where the people can't do anything, is terrifying?
"We need a political system that represents the people, let's put it to a ballot, let's put it to the people."
