The trial of three activists from the environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion has heard a statement in their support from the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, who said that mass protests in central London in April led directly to MPs debating and declaring a formal climate and environment emergency. The trial was told on Wednesday by a senior Metropolitan police superintendent that the protests, which caused bridges and roads to be shut down and Oxford Circus being “taken over,” had found support even among the public facing severe disruption from the demonstrations. https://www.theguardian.com/environ...eaks-up-for-extinction-rebellion-during-trial
An exotic plant has produced male and female cones outdoors in Britain for what is believed to be the first time in 60m years. Botanists say the event is a sign of global heating. https://www.theguardian.com/environ...plants-set-to-reproduce-in-uk-after-60m-years
Of course he does. The group's leaders and he share identical aims: destruction of capitalism, overthrow democratically-elected governments and a maelstrom of chaos.
