"The protest is being held to highlight the inconsistency between the UK Government's insistence that the UK is a world leader in tackling climate breakdown, while pouring vast sums of money into fossil exploration and carbon-intensive projects," an Extinction Rebellion statement said.Extinction Rebellion stages funeral procession to end London Fashion Week"The UK Treasury has blood on their hands," it added in a post on Facebook, where it livestreamed the demonstration.
"Read MorePolice officers could be seen standing on the Treasury steps, which were soaked in red. Extinction Rebellion said it used water colored with red food dye for the fake blood.Police officers stand next to a pool of fake blood outside Britain's finance ministry.Among the activists was 83-year-old grandfather Phil Kingston, who has been arrested with Extinction Rebellion six times.
Environmentalists make statement against climate change by leaving an environmental mess.
Doesn't seem very environmentally friendly.
Shouldn't that be 'attempted to spray'? They got more on themselves and the street than on the building. These imbecilies should not be allowed to use mechanical equipment unsupervised. What was the carbon footprint of this stunt? Was the paint eco-friendly?
Are they wasting water? So mixing red dye into water and spraying just for the fun of it? These are not environmentalists.
So using actual pollution to combat fake pollution. Got it.
Again, here's what actually happened. They broke the hose and sprayed themselves.
Nothing is more woke than polluting by littering and driving a giant diesel truck, to protest climate change. Cherry on top: receiving praise by CNN.
Should do this at abortion clinics but they only care about animals
You mean bunch of clumsy losers? 😁
Trudeau uses TWO planes ✈️ ✈️ for his campaign, one for him and one for his luggage. How’s that for our climate activist Prime Minister? trudeauhypocrite
Serves these muppets right. Like it or not, people have a right to eat what they want.
Activists or terrorists? Are they trying to strike fear into the population by scaring us with climate change? How about present facts not fear. Fear is a tactic of terrorism. These are terrorists. facts
Hysterical lunatics, every last one of them.
Would be curious to know how much CO2 and particulates from the diesel engine were spewed into the air by these activists while they were making their point.
Nothing like a little mimic of the shining to bring people to your cause
ExtinctionRebellion only support anarchy, just look to their leader. They don't actually care about the climate. This is all fake.
Wasn’t that a colossal waste of water? Irony died again
DoctorVive What not a single commenter on this story seems to understand is the idea of climate leverage. 1800 liters of is like a few days of a regular household’s water use. Bringing attention to an issue and using leverage will more than pay the “climate debt” for diesel and water 🙄
Oh yeah, that SCREAMS “not a pollutant.” And who’s gonna clean that up? Not their lazy asses. Pathetic
i get that they were going for the shock factor but doing things like this will only alienate people from their cause 🙄
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I wonder how much that toxic red dye run off will effect the environment... 😆🤣
Haha good. I'll join events when I can. I'm tired of wealthy wannabe humans who waste our time. Lawmakers around the world know where thier money comes from and they value greed over anything else. So now we must fight them for the future. It IS life and death mind you
It looks like that may leave a stain. 😳
& YLL JUMP INTO A BRAND NEW SKIN THEN U WONT BE ABLE TO BOX ME IN
more like they tried. the dude couldnt hold on to the hose with his weak hands and dropped it shortly after opening up. it just flailed around on the ground.
They hurt the environment by doing that
Doesn’t a fire engine use gas, what are the hoses made of, and what was used to make the fake blood?
But wait! Isn’t that a diesel power engine and pump they are using?
Bet they aren’t thinking of the carbon footprint of clean-up for the mess they made 🤔
Well maybe if everyone knew climate change was real!
Bring in the fossil based trucks to clean up this mess and dispose it in a landfill.
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That's a strange religion.
Just as well it was only paint and not stuffed with explosives...not a copper in sight.
Shame on these guys who call them environment protectionist and spoil the earth
If they were real environmentalists they will burn some tires and throw some trash in the ocean too. Just to make a point
The hose failed and it was a complete and utter balls up.
Thugs
Who gave them the money to do this? And why does nobody ever seem to report on that?
Actually they let go of the hose lol
Lol don't pretend tgat you care about the environmental impact of THIS in comparison to the environmental impact they're fighting.
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How much of a carbon foot print will have to be used to clean up the mess? Isn’t that the problem?
Ahh, another sound, reasonable, stable, alt-left climate protester...
Climate Change Is Documented In The Book Of Revelation,No One Can Stop It Now... GOD WORKS
Propaganda works
This is not a protest. This is psychotic. This is INSANE!
'Driving A Gigantic Truck That Belches CO2 And Spraying Chemicals At The Public Will Surely Advance Our Agenda, Suggest Liberals And Jack Nicholson's Joker.'
People screaming about problems without putting forth solutions are the worst.
Good. Super
So what is the “climate impact” of cleaning up this mess? Also,that fire engine is a bit of a gas guzzler.
The faux outrage needs to stop. You just wasted thousands of litres of water!
Ops I remembered the protestors in Thailand used the real blood several years ago.
Disfiguring the environment to save the environment.
Now doesn't that contribute to pollution?