Eight people have been arrested after Extinction Rebellion activists tried to spray fake blood at the Treasury in Westminster from the top of a fire engine. Mark Ovland, one of the protesters, said he was prepared to be jailed for the action. As he was being escorted to a police van, 83-year-old Phil Kingston said the Treasury was doing “dreadful things”. “UKEF’s support for fossil fuel energy is unacceptably high with the majority of investments in projects in low and middle-income countries,” it read. Extinction Rebellion has said it will “peacefully occupy the centres of power and shut them down” until governments act on the climate emergency.

Source: The Guardian October 03, 2019 10:28 UTC