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XR protest - a positive view

A friend decided to go into London today for a walk and a look.  The trip started by taking the train to Waterloo, walking to the Tate Modern, crossing the river to St Paul's and then walking back to the Strand, which was closed by the way.  Eventually, my friend reached Trafalgar Square and came across the XR protest.  My friend said: "They were all so friendly!  Singing and being very happy.  The police were very relaxed and also commented how lovely the protesters were!  Everybody else I spoke to agreed that XR are correct in what they are doing". So, a peaceful protest with happy people and a very important message to give.  Good!

Ivonne Holliday ● 2591d11 Comments

Sounds good to me too

Lucille Grant ● 2591d

Thanks for posting. Good to get a report relayed from an eye witness. The clips on TV seemed to show a peaceful protest.

Michael Ixer ● 2591d

The clip from the other thread.They certainly were enjoying themselves.https://twitter.com/JuliaHB1/status/1181562704433160194

Mike Essam ● 2591d

I was there again all day today, very peaceful and a lovely atmosphere. A great mix of people too :)

Matt Palmer ● 2591d

He had a noisy police helicopter above his office all day yesterday, Vauxhall Bridge was closed.  He had one client meeting cancelled and another relocated and postponed to the end of the day. He was home later than he would have liked but when I asked him how he felt about ER's methods, he just said that it was inconvenient but necessary.Glad it was peaceful today, Matt.

Sarah Roberts ● 2591d

I agree Sarah, it may be inconvenient but it certainly is necessary.  I can understand the irritating noise of helicopters flying above, but it does not happen all the time thankfully.I am very impressed with ER's methods and by their behaviour.  Such an important message to convey and they are doing it so nicely.  Well done ER!

Ivonne Holliday ● 2591d

Thankyou for the support both :)

Matt Palmer ● 2591d

I think you have an amazing support for your protest and aims.  Well done, but please make sure that emergency vehicles can get through!  Otherwise, well done!

Ivonne Holliday ● 2591d

I hope as out and about in central London yesterday and talked to a couple of XR folk on the tube. One was a junior doctor on his day off. Well washed and very passionate about the cause. I wished him good luck. I know a lot of people are irritated by the inconvenience but it is so important to get the urgency of this message over. So far the government isn’t listening (a new gas fired power station was approved by Leadsom yesterday against the recommendation of the Planning Inspectorate) and I fear the brave new low regulation world we are promised post Brexit will include rolling back environmental standards rather than the opposite.  Unless they start listening to XR and the like. Meanwhile this is yet another indicator of things to come: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/08/climate/ghost-forests.html

Jonathan Callaway ● 2590d

Thank you for article Jonathan.  It contains a very scary message - one we should all digest properly.

Ivonne Holliday ● 2590d

The protests are all over the world because it is a global challenge we are facing.Here's this morning's news from the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change):https://unfccc.int/news/precop25-to-raise-climate-ambition-through-sharing-best-practices

Philippa Bond ● 2590d