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Protesters spark evacuation at art gallery by GLUEING themselves to famous painting

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This is the moment two climate protesters glued themselves to a famous artwork at the Manchester Art Gallery. Two young supporters of Just Stop Oil glued themselves to the frame of a 19th-century Turner painting at the gallery on Mosley Street in Manchester city centre this afternoon leading to the venue being evacuated.

Video of the protest shows two men wearing Just Stop Oil t-shirts each applying glue to one of their hands and sticking it to the frame of the 1809 oil painting. 'No new oil' was also spray painted to the floor in front of it. READ MORE: One of Manchester's richest men to complete £8.5m charity donations to good causes in the city Just Stop Oil say they are campaigning for "the government to end new oil and gas and for art institutions to join them in civil resistance." The painting depicts a view overlooking the River Thames from Richmond Hill in London and in a statement issued this afternoon the group said that flood risk mapping suggested the area could be regularly underwater as early as 2030.

One of the protestors, a university student in his 20s said: “I would like to say to anyone and everyone who is reading this, you may think this action is outrageous or scandalous but what choice do I have? "The Government is knowingly destroying the futures of young people and condemning billions of people all over the world to death by continuing to license new fossil fuel infrastructure. “How far would you be willing to go to save the life of someone you love?

What about the future of humanity? I cannot carry on living my life as if this is not happening. I am willing to do anything I can to wake people up and to stop this grotesque catastrophe from unfolding, even if it means sacrificing my liberty.” A

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