Her office says Friday that May saw the footage and found it “concerning.” City of London Police, the Cabinet Office and the Conservative Party are all investigating the Thursday night incident. The protester was from Greenpeace, which did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press. The demonstration comes at a time when climate change activists have disrupted life and travel in London, sometimes for days. ___9:35 a.m.Britain’s Conservative Party says one of its lawmakers will face an investigation after he ejected a climate protester seeking to interrupt a speech by the nation’s Treasury chief at a gala dinner. Bottomley told the BBC the demonstrator could have been “carrying a collapsible truncheon.”Treasury chief Philip Hammond continued his speech and defended the government record on climate change.

Source: Washington Post June 21, 2019 10:52 UTC