A JUST Stop Oil activist from Dorset disrupted a football match between Everton and Newcastle United by tying himself to a goalpost.

Former Budmouth pupil Louis McKechnie staged a Just Stop Oil protest during yesterday's Premier League match by running onto the pitch and cable-tying his neck to the goal.

The ex-Weymouth resident - now understood to live in Bournemouth -  is calling for urgent action on the cost of living crisis, housing crisis and climate change - and says his generation 'is being shafted.'

Louis, 21, locked on to the goalpost at Goodison Park wearing a Just Stop Oil t-shirt, causing the referee to stop play for around six minutes. Just Stop Oil is calling for the Government to end new fossil fuel supply projects.

It comes after Mr McKechnie served time in jail for taking part in an Insulate Britain roadblock last year.

Bournemouth Echo: Undated handout file photo issued by Insulate Britain of their activists (back row left to right) Tim Speers, Roman Paluch, Emma Smart, Ben Taylor, James Thomas, (front row left to right) Louis McKechnie, Ana Heyatawin and Oliver Rock, who along with DrUndated handout file photo issued by Insulate Britain of their activists (back row left to right) Tim Speers, Roman Paluch, Emma Smart, Ben Taylor, James Thomas, (front row left to right) Louis McKechnie, Ana Heyatawin and Oliver Rock, who along with Dr

The Government took out a high court injunction against the protests, which he and others broke by taking part in an action at junction 25 of the motorway during the morning rush hour on October 8.

Some of the group glued themselves to each other and two glued themselves to the road. Louis was sentenced to three months.

Why did Louis McKechnie tie himself to the goal?

Following yesterday's protest Louis said: “It’s 2022 and it’s time to look up, time to step up and not stand by. It’s time to act like it’s an emergency.

“Report after report is telling me that my future is going to be dire, and my government is telling me not to worry and pay into a pension.

Watch Louis explain why he tied himself to the goal

“My generation is being shafted — we face a cost of living crisis, a housing crisis, a fuel crisis and an unlivable planet — but we have a choice. We can choose to highlight that our climate is breaking down, we can choose to resist this government that is betraying us, we can choose to step up and not stand by.”

Who are Just Stop Oil?

Just Stop Oil is a coalition of groups taking direct action to demand that the government immediately halts all future licensing and consents for the exploration, development and production of fossil fuels in the UK.

Football fans may already know that the game is at risk due to the climate crisis as hundreds of sports facilities are wrecked by extreme weather and flooding — posing an existential threat for some smaller clubs.

Find out more at juststopoil.org