Diane Abbott slams ‘ridiculous’ plan to classify Extinction Rebellion as organised crime
Labour’s Diane Abbott has compared Extinction Rebellion to the Suffragettes and criticised the government’s plans to reclassify the activists as an organised crime gang. Her comments come after a public outcry following XR action on Friday which saw protesters targeting Newsprinters printing works at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Knowsley, near Liverpool, blocking the day’s newspapers from … Read more