Extinction Rebellion activists spark fury after they hijack the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day in climate change protest and hang wreath saying ‘act now’ By James Gant For Mailonline Published: 09:25 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 09:38 GMT, 11 November 2020 Extinction Rebellion activists have hijacked the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day in a ‘truly shameful’ … Read more
Hard-Left activists and unions are considering a legal challenge against Labour’s decision to suspend Jeremy Corbyn. The former leader was stripped of the party whip after he questioned the scale of the party’s anti-Semitism problem. This came after a damning report found Labour guilty of breaking equality laws over its treatment of Jews. Amid warnings … Read more
Family of 18th century MP Henry Dundas say he is being wrongly treated like a ‘mass murderer’ by BLM activists over ‘simply untrue’ claims he was linked to slave trade Henry Dundas is commemorated at the Melville Monument in St Andrews Square Statue was graffitied as his role in delaying abolition of slavery was highlighted … Read more
Pro-democracy activists in Thailand have staged a fourth straight day of high-profile protests in the capital, thwarting efforts by the authorities to stop them, including a shutdown of the city’s mass transit systems. Unlike Friday’s protests, which saw police using water cannons to keep the demonstrators at bay, Saturday’s rallies were peaceful, with no reports … Read more
Hundreds of maskless anti-lockdown protesters including conspiracy theorists today marched on Edinburgh on the first weekend of Nicola Sturgeon’s coronavirus clampdown on pubs across Scotland. Demonstrators brandished placards which screamed ‘Purge the Sturge’ and ‘Truth not Fear’ as they gathered outside the Scottish Parliament in defiance of tough restrictions on mass gatherings. Police patrolled the protest … Read more
Call the copse! HS2 activists get caught in a stand-off with security officers at treehouse camp in woodland that inspired Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox Private security guards became involved in a stand-off with environmentalists Demonstrators have been fighting against the construction of HS2 Nearly half of the ancient Jones’ Hill Wood near Great Missenden, … Read more
Five people interviewed over the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol will be offered conditional cautions, a chief constable has said. The bronze memorial to the 17th century slave merchant was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest on June 7, before being dumped in Bristol Harbour. No arrests … Read more
Animal rights activists linked to Extinction Rebellion blockade Manchester slaughterhouse by attaching themselves to black coffins and climbing onto roof as six protesters are arrested Activists locked themselves onto coffins outside Tulip pig slaughterhouse Demonstrators climbed on the roof of the Pilgrim’s Pride Ltd’s slaughterhouse Animal Rebellion, linked with Extinction Rebellion, is responsible for the … Read more
One is a former paratrooper, another a 22-year-old ‘birth-striker’ who vows she will never have children for the sake of the planet. They were among the ragtag – and rather middle-class – band of printworks rebels who attempted to blockade free speech on Friday night. Others included a failed would-be MP and a retired taxman. … Read more
Hundreds of anti-lockdown activists held a huge protest against wearing face masks outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh this afternoon. Around 600 coronavirus sceptics and vaccine conspiracy theorists gathered outside Hollyrood after Scotland saw its highest weekly rise in coronavirus cases since May. Meanwhile, Piers Corbyn attended an anti-lockdown protest in Sheffield today, less than … Read more