Extinction Rebellion risks losing its millionaire backers as top US donor condemns print press blockade as an attack on free speech Extinction Rebellion has received £269,000 from the Climate Emergency Fund One of its philanthropists condemned group’s tactics as an attack on free speech More than 80 XR protesters were arrested for blockading newspaper printers … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… the XR printworks protest By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:02 BST, 8 September 2020 | Updated: 02:02 BST, 8 September 2020 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178. Share or comment on this article:
There are calls today for the Extinction Rebellion protesters that blockaded the newspaper printworks to be slapped with £10,000 fines for holding an ‘illegal gathering’. More than 100 protesters targeted Newsprinters printing works at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Knowsley, near Liverpool, on Friday night, blocking newspapers from leaving the depots. And now, Toby Young, General Secretary … Read more
One is a former paratrooper, another a 22-year-old ‘birth-striker’ who vows she will never have children for the sake of the planet. They were among the ragtag – and rather middle-class – band of printworks rebels who attempted to blockade free speech on Friday night. Others included a failed would-be MP and a retired taxman. … Read more
Politicians from across the political sphere have hit out at Extinction Rebellion activists who blocked printworks on Friday. More than 100 protesters targeted Newsprinters printing works at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Knowsley, near Liverpool, blocking newspapers from leaving the depots. The move has been widely criticised, with Home Secretary Priti Patel said to be looking at … Read more