Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse – Extinction Rebellion are back! Well, if you thought an unprecedented cost-of-living crisis, fuelled by a global scramble for gas, would have led the eco-irritants to sit things out for a bit, you don’t know XR. For them, the ‘climate emergency’ trumps all. Plus, reading a room has never really been their strong suit – as we saw when they tried to win the hearts and minds of commuters by climbing on top of Tube trains, or when an animal-rights XR offshoot went after that most universally disliked of figures in Britain, the Queen.
This time their target is the Houses of Parliament. Earlier today, Extinction Rebellion activists bike-locked themselves to the gates outside parliament. A handful got inside the Commons chamber and glued themselves in a chain around the Speaker’s chair. Their message? ‘Let the people decide’, a nod to one of Extinction Rebellion’s core demands – namely, a ‘Citizens’ Assembly on Climate and Ecological Justice to break the deadlock’, as described on their website.
While police in Westminster fetch the solvents, it’s worth examining XR’s message here more closely
While police in Westminster fetch the solvents, it’s worth examining XR’s message here more closely.
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