Climate rebel in custody
Crustie eco protester is taking everyone for fuels
AN Extinction Rebellion protester pulled off the top of a tube train by commuters has been remanded in custody.
Mark Ovland, 36, appeared before Highbury Corner JPs along with a priest, a female vicar, an 83-year-old pensioner and a Dutch woman.
They are all accused of offences during the rush-hour protests.
Ovland, of Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, was accused of breaching bail conditions not to use the rail network after allegedly taking part in a protest in April. He was remanded in custody until December 16.
AN Extinction Rebellion “hypocrite” known as Mr Broccoli has been unmasked.
Roland Everson enjoyed a gas-guzzling taxi trip to Good Morning Britain this week – to argue why we should protect the environment.
Presenter Piers Morgan branded Everson, 46, an “idiot” on the show after he “answered” a banana like a phone and claimed he was “just a humble broccoli”.
The clips of his punfilled appearance dressed as the vegetable later went viral. Speaking yesterday, the carpenter, from Bristol, said: “Mr Broccoli is a tool to show how ridiculous the showcasing of this issue is.
“The media should be interviewing scientists, rather than giving time to broccoli. Mr Broccoli doesn’t have the answers.”
Mr Everson, who has previously demonstrated with Extinction Rebellion, said he found his appearance on GMB “quite intimidating”.
It came after he was arrested for demonstrating in London on Sunday. He was later released and will face no further action, he said. During the interview, he called Mr Morgan “Peas” instead of Piers and faced a backlash on social media for not giving fuller answers.
The father, who lives in a £350,000 house in a village outside Bristol, said: “Have you ever seen an interview with Piers Morgan? “You can tell Piers it gets dark at night and he will shout you down. “We decided not to let him do that to me.” Although now a vegan, Mr Everson, left, was previously a keen hunter and fisherman. But he said he quit those pursuits after he “woke up one day and thought: ‘What am I doing?’”
He now believes a switch away from animal agriculture is a must for protecting the future of the planet. And he no longer flies due to the impact of aviation. He said: “This is the most serious issue of our time – yet Mr Broccoli is getting attention.” Explaining how he got into protesting, he said: “My whole life I’ve paid my taxes, I’ve played by the rules. I’m a regular guy, but I feel I’ve got no choice.”
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SO now we know the real name of Mr Broccoli.
Eco warrior Roland Emerson is, in fact, a carpenter from Bristol.
That’s not particularly exciting.
His alter-ego hit the headlines earlier this week by giving deadpan answers to questions about Extinction Rebellion when interviewed on live TV.
He wasn’t particularly funny.
In fact his stunt just made the whole campaign look like a joke.
Not only did he miss the chance to make a serious point while on live TV, he also showed himself to be another hypocrite activist by taking a cab – and not public transport – to the ITV studios.
If Extinction Rebellion really cares about saving the planet it should get some sensible people to spearhead its publicity.
Because most of the public aren’t going to listen to a bloke dressed as a vegetable.