AdvertisementExtinction Rebellion protesters were dramatically cleared from Trafalgar Square in under an hour almost immediately after police banned 'any assembly' within London - as a Green Party MEP joins those arrested. Until Monday night police had been directing demonstrators to Trafalgar Square as the only legal area for Autumn Uprising protesters to gather. An Extinction Rebellion spokesman said: 'The Climate and Ecological Emergency isn’t going away and we remain resolute in facing it. Extinction Rebellion will let the Trafalgar Square site go tonight. Dame Cressida said she hoped the protesters would choose to either 'protest lawfully' at Trafalgar Square or 'go home'.

Source: Daily Mail October 15, 2019 00:03 UTC