Campaign group Just Stop Oil stage protest in Glasgow city centre

It comes after the group – which is calling for the UK Government to put an end to new fossil fuel projects – took action in Scotland for the first time last week as more than 50 activists blockaded the Nustar oil terminal in Clydebank.

Protestors were asked to leave the demonstration in West Dunbartonshire by police and some who decided not to cooperate were arrested. 

The two events mark a shift in strategy for the organisation which has previously targeted oil terminals, tankers, and petrol stations in the Midlands and south-east of England in a bid to disrupt the oil supply to London.

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Members say protests north of the border have been prompted by plans for new oil and gas fields in the North Sea.

Supporters of Just Stop Oil have been arrested more than 1200 times since the campaign began at the beginning of last month.

The UK Government said earlier this week it “would not bend to the will of activists who naively want to extinguish North Sea oil and gas production”, arguing doing so would put jobs and energy security at risk.

A statement said: “We are committed to a strong North Sea industry as we transition away from expensive fossil fuels over the coming decades, and our recent British Energy Security Strategy sets out a long-term plan to ramp up cheap renewables and nuclear energy.”

It is not yet known if any arrests were made on Sunday.