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Burgess COMMENTARY My generation of leadership has been a disaster, they have enabled massive inequality both intra-country and between countries, they have completely failed on the climate crisis, they don't seem to understand corrupt practices, and the list goes on. Thank goodness there is a growing body of younger people who seem to get it and are determined that something meaningful gets done! Peter Burgess | ||
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Police attempt to clear Extinction Rebellion protest camps in London ... Arrests made under section 14 order as officers in Whitehall begin removing tents
Police officers remove tents belonging to Extinction Rebellion activists in Westminster.
Police officers remove tents belonging to Extinction Rebellion activists in Westminster. Photograph: Peter Summers/Getty Images Police have begun attempting to clear Extinction Rebellion protest camps from around Westminster as they imposed a section 14 order banning demonstrations across central London. Arrests were made under the order from early on Tuesday morning, beginning at the movement’s westernmost encampments on Millbank and moving into Whitehall in the late afternoon, where hundreds of tents had been pitched outside Downing Street. Officers gradually pushed their way up Whitehall, refusing to allow anyone bearing XR insignia through their lines and trying to filter them out of passing tourists and government workers. As a heavy downpour began, police officers in black overalls marched into the Whitehall camp and began snatching tents, snapping tent poles and guy ropes, and folding them up and carrying them away. XR activists remained non-violent and chanted at officers: “Police, we love you. We’re doing this for your children.” By 6.30pm police had largely cleared the Whitehall camp, although several dozen people remained, locked together in tents or under tarpaulins refusing to move. The road was closed and even people unaffiliated with XR were refused access to Parliament Square. Police riot vans with lights flashing inched their way forward as the remaining protesters blocked the road. Before the camp was cleared, Hazel McGee, 76, said: “At the moment I’m locked into an iron tube because I wish to stay in Whitehall. I’m making a statement about the most important thing in the world now, which is that we start acting to prevent climate change, and in particular getting to tipping points where we can’t turn back.” McGee, a former editor of an astronomy journal, now retired, added: “Boris Johnson and the current government are doing nothing. They are subsidising use of fossil fuels, subsidising the oil industry and preventing renewable energy becoming what it must be, which is the way of making civilisation work.” She said she was planning to refuse to cooperate with police in the hope that her arrest would help to overwhelm their ability to deal with the protests. Lou Korda, 49, lying nearby with activists holding a tarpaulin over her to keep her dry, said she did not want to give up the Whitehall site. “We need to take action,” she said. Dinah Taylor, 66, who was locked together with Korda, said: “I’ve been doing it all my life. All my voluntary work has been in conservation and in education about the environment, and it’s got to the point that things are getting worse. The government is not listening to us and I’ve got to use my body because there’s nothing else I can do.” Police tried to move in on protesters camping on Horseferry Road. Activists on the scene said it was still “holding fast” at about 5pm. The Metropolitan police said in a statement: “Any assembly linked to the Extinction Rebellion ‘autumn uprising’ … who wish to continue with their assembly must go to Trafalgar Square and only assemble in the pedestrianised area around Trafalgar Column. The condition does not have a time limit.” The force appears to have modified its use of the tactic. In April, orders were imposed on certain protest sites individually over the course of several days rather than across the city all at once. Officers were also not reading the order put individually to activists, instead shouting the order across crowds and telling people to consider themselves warned. At 5.30pm, the Met announced it had made 212 arrests, making a total of 531 over the two days of protest so far, it is understood. MPS Events (@MetPoliceEvents) #Watch the below message from Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor Now over 500 arrests in relation to Extinction rebellion made over the last day and a half with help from our colleagues across the country pic.twitter.com/jVb8FMBtdY October 8, 2019 Earlier on Tuesday, Mike Schwarz, a solicitor at Bindmans, a law firm that specialises in protest cases, said the number of cases meant he and his colleagues were “reaching capacity and risk not providing a quality service”. Even as they fought to keep hold of their central London protest sites, XR activists were beginning to prepare for their next phase of action, a sit-in protest at London City airport planned to last at least three days. In a statement circulated through social media, the group said: “The plan is to do a Hong Kong-style occupation of the terminal building, lying, sitting or gluing-on in front of the departure and arrivals gates. 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Show Advertisement SPONSORED BY HYUNDAIUSA.COM Sponsored Video Watch To Learn More Brad Zarnett commented on this Zoe CohenStatus is reachable Zoe Cohen • 1st Master Coach, Coach Supervisor, Carbon Literate Coach, Manchester Lead at Women in Sustainability, XR, Vegan 8h • Anyone We're still going, we have to... #everybodynow #rebelforyourchildren ''The government is not listening to us and I’ve got to use my body because there’s nothing else I can do.” No alt text provided for this image Police attempt to clear Extinction Rebellion protest camps in London theguardian.com 61 7 Comments Like Comment Share Top Comments Peter Burgess Add a comment… Images Peter BurgessStatus is online Peter Burgess You Founder/CEO at TrueValueMetrics.org developing True Value Impact Accounting 2s My generation of leadership has been a disaster, they have enabled massive inequality both intra-country and between countries, they have completely failed on the climate crisis, they don't seem to understand corrupt practices, and the list goes on. Thank goodness there is a growing body of younger people who seem to get it and are determined that something meaningful gets done! Like Peter Burgess’ comment Brad ZarnettStatus is reachable Brad Zarnett 1st degree connection1st Sustainability Strategist / Blogger / Speaker 6h So far corporations and government have made lots of promises but have failed to deliver. Playtime is over...we have an emergency before us and half-measures and empty words won't suffice.The entire system is a mess and that's why the civil disobedience by Extinction Rebellion will rapidly escalate. Unfortunately the police response will escalate too... I hope everything remains peaceful. This is what real change would look like. https://medium.com/@BradZarnett/companies-must-zoom-out-for-a-sustainable-planet-99ecb076f3b9?source=friends_link&sk=6b2147a7cc974f45b794ec20d973b8d0 Companies Must “Zoom Out” For a Sustainable Planet Companies Must “Zoom Out” For a Sustainable Planet medium.com Like Brad Zarnett’s comment · 2 Likes 2 Likes on Brad Zarnett’s comment Sharon Lashley PIEMA,DipRSA Sharon Lashley PIEMA,DipRSA 2nd degree connection2nd MD Enviro UK/Climate Action North | CIWM Waste Trainer | IEMA NE Chair | MCS Beach Guardian| CSCS Waste Manager 8h Shocking action from the police under orders - what has happened in this world when governments and global leaders can basically do what they want and we the frightened and concerned public cant even hold a peaceful protest anymore. Thank you for holding out there Zoe Cohen - I wish I could be there I really do. I also think we should all stop paying our taxes or however we pay the wages of the people giving these orders and clearly ignoring the concerns as they are clearly failing us! 🙁 Like Sharon Lashley PIEMA,DipRSA’S comment · 3 Likes 3 Likes on Sharon Lashley PIEMA,DipRSA’S comment Graham Wood Graham Wood 2nd degree connection2nd 'The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones' ... adapting for climate change. 6m https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/09/climate-emergency-what-oil-gas-giants-say Like Graham Wood’s comment Dr Fiona Scott FIMechE Dr Fiona Scott FIMechE 2nd degree connection2nd Director Nairn Scott Solutions - consulting on project set up and delivery. 8h I passed the protestors yesterday and one handed me a leaflet and he said it’s my future. I disagreed as it’s my future too as climate change is happening now. Like Dr Fiona Scott FIMechE’S comment · 3 Likes 3 Likes on Dr Fiona Scott FIMechE’S comment Jenny Connor Jenny Connor 2nd degree connection2nd Proprietor at Dalton Moor Farm 8h If only the government spent some time listening to the message rather than hands over their ears and preventing the messengers having their say - we’re all in a pretty sad state. Good work activists - thank you all for trying to be heard 💛 Like Jenny Connor’s comment · 3 Likes 3 Likes on Jenny Connor’s comment
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