Tower Bridge submerged by torrential rain September 14, 2021 Tower Bridge, one of the main traffic arteries through the heart of the capital, has been left underwater by torrential rainfall. Twitter users shared videos of the landmark bridge awash with rainwater as cars, pedestrians and buses struggled to make their way across. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning across London and [...]
A service economy and shrinking workforce is the driving force of low economic growth September 8, 2021 Extinction Rebellion’s fortnight of protests have only hardened existing beliefs and positions on both sides of the debate. But a book by Dietrich Vollrath of the University of Houston suggests that there may be much broader support for a low or even zero growth agenda than even XR might imagine. Vollrath does not address this [...]
Dame Cressida Dick to stay on as Met police chief – report September 8, 2021 Embattled Met Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick is set to be offered a two-year extension to her tenure, according to a report this afternoon. The Evening Standard this afternoon reported Home Secretary Priti Patel is preparing the offer that will keep Dick in post until 2024. The Commissioner has been the subject of criticism in [...]
Straight from the horse’s mouth: Why Extinction Rebellion are disrupting your commute September 7, 2021 In response to Eliot Wilson’s piece in CityAM last week, ‘What does Extinction Rebellion actually want?’ Extinction Rebellion protests always divide opinion. In the heat of frustration at another delay to your journey, it’s always tempting to come out against. Like Eliot Wilson in last Tuesday’s City AM, you may dismiss XR activists as trustafarians [...]
Naked protest: XR blocks roads after stripping off in HSBC and Barclays September 3, 2021 Extinction Rebellion protestors are blocking roads next to London wall after they stripped off clothing at HSBC and Barclays bank branches as part of demonstrations targeting the City of London. City of London police confirmed the demonstrators are sitting in the road near London Wall at the junction on Circus Place with officers attending the [...]
Anti-vaccine protestors attempt to storm medicine regulator’s Canary Wharf HQ September 3, 2021 Anti-vaccine protesters have today tried to storm the headquarters of the UK medicines regulator in Canary Wharf. Footage on social media showed a crowd of protestors trying to force their way into the MHRA’s headquarters on South Colonnade. The Met Police confirmed that protestors had attempted to enter the building. They are understood to be [...]
Doctors for XR forcibly removed from JP Morgan building September 3, 2021 Doctors who staged a ‘die in’ outside the JP Morgan building as part of ongoing Extinction Rebellion protests have been forcibly removed by police. This morning more than 60 doctors, nurses and midwives arrived outside the JP Morgan offices in Canary Wharf to demand an end to fossil fuel financing by banks. Protestors held banners [...]
Naked protest: Extinction Rebellion strip off in HSBC and Barclays : CityAM September 3, 2021 Extinction Rebellion protestors stripped off their clothing at HSBC and Barclays bank branches as part of demonstrations targeting the City of London. The nude activists painted slogans on their bodies including “divest now,” “act now,” and “the naked truth” in an effort to call out big banks funding climate change. The demonstration follows a protest [...]
A carbon tax will allow capitalism to save the climate September 3, 2021 The Extinction Rebels are back at their barricades. This week, they smashed windows at JP Morgan’s offices and blockaded London Bridge. Speaking to LBC in the aftermath, Sadiq Khan worried they are alienating the public from their cause. They are certainly an uncompromising lot. Arla, the milk-maker, was a target of their ire. Even the [...]
A carbon tax will allow capitalism to save the climate – CityAM : CityAM September 3, 2021 The Extinction Rebels are back at their barricades. This week, they smashed windows at JP Morgan’s offices and blockaded London Bridge. Speaking to LBC in the aftermath, Sadiq Khan worried they are alienating the public from their cause. They are certainly an uncompromising lot. Arla, the milk-maker, was a target of their ire. Even the [...]