Extinction Rebellion protesters superglue selves at UK parliament

Local weather change activists additionally padlocked themselves to gates outdoors the parliament buildings, saying ‘we can't afford to hold on like this’.

An Extinction Rebel protester stands with a banner on scaffolding contained in the grounds of the UK parliament in London on Friday [Peter Nicholls/Reuters]

Environmental activist group Extinction Rebel supporters entered the Home of Commons debating chamber and superglued themselves across the speaker’s chair on Friday.

The local weather change demonstrators posted a photograph of 5 individuals contained in the chamber holding banners studying, “Let the individuals determine” and “Residents’ Meeting now.”

The group additionally hung a big banner bearing the identical phrases from scaffolding on the property, and protesters padlocked themselves to gates outdoors parliament.

Parliament shouldn't be presently sitting.

Britain’s Home of Commons mentioned it was coping with an incident on the parliamentary property.

“We're conscious of an incident on the Parliamentary Property and are presently coping with the state of affairs as a matter of urgency,” the Home of Commons mentioned in an announcement.

Sure areas of the parliamentary advanced are often open to the general public, though entry to the debating chamber is often restricted to guided excursions.

Extinction Rebel, a bunch that beforehand prompted days of site visitors chaos in central London, sometimes protests towards local weather change points.

It mentioned the protesters have been studying a speech that included the phrases: “We're in disaster. We can't afford to hold on like this.”

Local weather activists level out the Earth’s environment can't stand up to any extra greenhouse gasses with out devastating results across the planet, resembling catastrophic superstorms, uncontrollable wildfires, big sea-level surges and vital flooding.

They're demanding governments worldwide act urgently to curtail the extraction and burning of hydrocarbons – one thing world leaders have thus far didn't do regardless of many years of science highlighting the potential disaster brought on by local weather change.

BREAKING: Extinction Rebel have dropped banners throughout The Palace of Westminster, together with off the constructing.

The protest factors to the necessity for a Residents’ Meeting to chop by way of the corruption in Westminster, replace politics & let the individuals determine.

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— Extinction Rebel UK 🌍 (@XRebellionUK) September 2, 2022