Video footage shows the moment two Just Stop Oil protesters in their eighties used a hammer and chisel to try and 'break' the glass case around the Magna Carta.
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00:00 [sound of hammering]
00:16 [sound of hammering]
00:24 This famous document is about rule of law...
00:28 Yes, ma'am, can you come to...
00:30 ...and standing up against an abuse of power.
00:33 Yes, ma'am, you're receiving, over.
00:34 Our government is breaking its own laws.
00:37 Can you come to Magna Carta, please?
00:38 As a Christian, I am compelled to do all that I can...
00:43 Can you stop doing that, please? Stop framing, please, eh?
00:45 ...to alleviate the appalling suffering that's coming out of London and is here already.
00:56 Whatever it takes, whatever the cost.
00:59 Can you stop framing, please? Can you stop doing that?
01:01 So, we must...
01:03 Stop doing that, please. Do you hear me?
01:04 ...just stop oil.
01:07 Yes, can you come to Magna Carta, over?
01:09 We must just stop oil.
01:12 I'm on my way.
01:15 Can you stop framing, please?