I’m proud to be a crusty, PM’S father tells demo

Boris Johnson’s father said being called a “crusty” by his son would be a compliment as he addressed the Extinction Rebellion protest in central London

Stanley Johnson said the Prime Minister’s comments about “unco-operative crusties” who were holding up the traffic and calling for protesters to abandon their “hempsmelling bivouacs” were made “in humour”.

He said: “I regard it as a tremendous compliment to be called an unco-operative crusty.”

“I’m showing up here because I think what they [Extinction Rebellion] are doing is tremendously important. From tiny acorns, big movements spring.

“This is a movement, it is a very important movement. It is absolutely clear to me that we have been moving far too slowly on the climate change issue.”