Activists target Corbyn’s fence!
CLIMATE change activists targeted Jeremy Corbyn’s house in a bid to make Labour take a tougher line on the issue. Two men and two women from the Extinction Rebellion group chained and glued themselves to the Labour leader’s front fence.
The protesters, including one Labour councillor, arrived outside the house in Islington, North London, at pm.
They all said they supported him but want his party to go further than its stance, announced in March, of declaring a ‘climate emergency’.
David Lambert, 60, who walked from Stroud in Gloucestershire to join the protests, said: ‘We are here because we are supporters of Jeremy Corbyn and he is the best hope this country has got to get us out of this.’
They brought Easter eggs and flowers as presents, which were initially taken into the house, but later brought back out by Mr Corbyn’s wife Laura Alvarez.
After the protesters had been there for a couple of hours, Mr Corbyn came out of his home, but ignored them.
They left at 4.30pm, saying the Labour leader had offered to meet representatives of Extinction Rebellion next week.