A group of Cambridge University students staged a bizarre barbecue protest against a college's decision to endorse 'meat-free Mondays.'

The protest comes after Churchill College became the latest college at the prestigious university to adopt 'meat-free Mondays' in an attempt to raise awareness of the environmental benefits of veganism.

The group, known as the Monday Steak Club, staged its inaugural BBQ on Churchill's lawn on Monday - and referred to the college's decision as 'authoritarian' and 'tyrannical.'

Monday Steak Club says it 'resents' the Churchill College Junior Common Room and their 'attempt to restrict our freedom of decision-making.'

A group of Cambridge University students staged a bizarre barbecue protest against a college's decision to endorse 'meat-free Mondays'

In its first post on Facebook in March, the Monday Steak Club said: 'This page has been created for those of us who disagree with the JCR's decision to ban meat on a Monday, and who wish to decide for themselves what to eat.

'No to meat-free Mondays, yes to liberty.'

However, the group's mission statement quickly turned bizarre in subsequent posts when reference was made to King John of England at Runnymede, the First World War and the Magna Carta.

The posts were quickly picked up by Rumorbridge, a Facebook page run by Cambridge University students.

'If you stand in front of a mirror on a Monday and say 'meat' three times, the JCRs of all the colleges with Meat Free Monday will appear and force feed you falafel,' it joked.

The Monday Steak Club staged its inaugural BBQ on Churchill's lawn on Monday

Monday Steak Club referred to the college's decision as 'authoritarian' and 'tyrannical'

The group also posted a picture of Lady Gaga's meat dress at the 2010 MTV awards saying: 'My culture is NOT your goddamn prom dress', referencing the recent controversy over an American student who wore a traditional dress to her prom.

On the day of the local elections, the Monday Steak Club made a grandstanding endorsement of The Conservative Party saying: 'The Monday Steak Club is very pleased to endorse the Conservative and Unionist Party for the local elections taking place today.

'A Labour Party run by a fanatical vegan Marxist should have no place in decent British politics. Only the Conservatives can tackle the rise of eco-fascism and defend the liberties which are currently under threat.

But on May 5, the group then said their movement 'transcends arbitrary political divides.'

On the day of the local elections, the Monday Steak Club made a grandstanding endorsement of The Conservative Party

The group also posted a picture of Lady Gaga's meat dress at the 2010 MTV awards saying: 'My culture is NOT your goddamn prom dress'

Harry Clynch, a student speaking on behalf of the Steak Club, backtracked on the group's comments, saying: 'The term 'eco-fascism' is meant ultimately humorously, and our group does not take itself too seriously, unlike many on the opposing side.

'Our meetings are rooted in the activist tradition, but mainly serve as a means to eat steaks, drink beer, and have a laugh.'

However, he brought politics into the equation again, adding: 'There is undoubtedly a growing authoritarian tendency amongst much of the modern leftist and environmentalist movement, which seeks to impose their vision of society upon the rest of us, even if that means taking away some of our freedoms.'