ExtinctionRebellion protesters blockade the BBC not letting people in to work
EXTINCTION Rebellion protesters have blockaded the BBC in London this morning - chanting "BBC, can't you see, this is an emergency".
Dozens of protesters - who have spent the week disrupting London - have set up camp outside Broadcasting House.Financial journalist Paul Lewis tweeted: "Locked out of BBC by extinction rebellion." "Actually, that was a reckless, stupid and dangerous thing to do for all concerned. But I think you can see that is quite a hard thing to predict or stop from happening."
She said the protesters were "utterly irresponsible and completely unreasonable" for their determination to take over and key roads in London for a two-week period. The 54-year-old, a former Paralympic athlete who won a bronze medal at London 2012, glued himself to the top of a BA Embraer 190 jet. He later noticed security were approaching and said: "Oh good security are coming. I hope they don’t take too long because this is f****** scary".A spokeswoman for BA yesterday said "we are investigating what happened as a matter of urgency".
Continuing to address those on board, the man said: "We have two generations of human civilisation left if we carry on doing what we are doing".The man was later seen being led away from the aircraft by police officers.Passenger Warren Swalbe tweeted: "Just about to take from London City airport. Our flight was infiltrated by a climate change protester".
"The final irony of the climate protest on our flight. We cannot take off until we have taken on extra fuel...to replace the fuel used up during the protest, our pilot notes with humour". "We continue to work with the Metropolitan Police to ensure that our passengers tonight and tomorrow have a safe and secure service," he said.
Activist Phil Kingston, 83, was among those arrested - the third time he has been arrested as part of Extinction Rebellion protests in the past week.
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