Just Stop Oil protester who studied at Cambridge begs for cash to cover court fine after she brought M25 to a standstill forcing £1million police operation

The hysterical Just Stop Oil (JSO) protester who forced a £1million police operation after bringing the M25 to a standstill is now begging for cash online to cover the fines she incurred. Eco-zealot Louise Harris shot to notoriety after she shut down the vital motorway in 2022 and declared: 'You might hate me for doing this. I'm here because I don't have a future.' Harris now says she doesn't regret her action four years ago 'for a second'.

Cambridge graduate Harris was just 24 when she took part in days of protest designed to cause as much disruption as possible on Britain's busiest motorway. The direct action, which began on November 7, 2022, saw activists mount gantries, forcing police to put up roadblocks for their safety. Four days of misery for motorists followed and at a later trial it was alleged the four days caused economic losses of £765,000, cost the Metropolitan Police £1.1million and affected at least 700,000 vehicles.

Harris became the poster girl for the protest when she featured in a video crying and saying: 'You might hate me for doing this, and you're entitled to hate me, but I wish you would direct all that anger and hatred at our government. 'They are betraying young people like me.' Louise Harris, 24, crying above the M25 where she defied an injunction to shut it down Eco-zealot Louise Harris shot to notoriety after she shut down the motorway in 2022 Cambridge graduate Harris was just 24 when she took part in days of chaos designed to cause as much disruption as possible on Britain's busiest motorway But now she has set up a Crowdfunder appeal to pay for her court fines.

She set up the donation page to help fund the fines of herself and two other offenders, for a total of £2,400. The description on Crowdfunder wrote: 'I've come on here just to share that a couple weeks ago, I received my final court sentencing for non-violent direct action I took with Just Stop Oil. 'Myself and two friends were sentenced for the M25 gantry action, the one where I infamously cried and said 'I'm here because I don't have a future.' 'We plead guilty and the judge gave us 80-100 hours of unpaid work plus an £800 fine each. 'Relative to other people who were sentenced for the same action, we got off lightly. 'However, it was quite a surreal experience to be in the same courthouse as both Russell Brand and Tommy Robinson. 'Myself and my fellow gantry climbers would be really grateful for any donations towards our collective crowdfunder, for a total of £2400.

Even if you can 'only' spare a fiver. Harris said she didn't regret her action four years ago 'for a second' An activist puts up a banner reading 'Just Stop Oil' atop an electronic traffic sign along M25 on November 10, 2022 Police officers attempt to stop an activist as they put up a banner The direct action, which began on November 7, 2022, saw activists mount gantries, forcing police to put up roadblocks for their safety 'I took this action with nothing but moral conviction in my heart, love for this planet and all living beings on it, and I don't regret it for a second.' 'Please donate what you can.'

The fundraiser has already received £2,530 from 112 supporters. One donor said: 'With Love and Rage and Admiration for EVER.' Harris described herself as part of a JSO coalition that demanded an end to all new oil and gas licences in the UK. 'How many more people have to say we don't have a liveable future if you continue licensing oil and gas for you to listen?' she said at the time. 'Why does it take young people like me to climb a f****** gantry on the M25 for you to listen?'

Five co-demonstrators were handed heavy sentences for their part in the gantry-climbing in 2024. Known as the 'Whole Truth Five', Roger Hallam – JSO co-founder – was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, while his fellow activists Daniel Shaw, Louise Lancaster, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu and Cressida Gethin were handed four years each.