Young climate change activists broke down in tears on television today as they protested at Heathrow Airport on the fifth day of Extinction Rebellion demonstrations in London.
Around 15 youths, all aged under 17, arrived at the UK’s busiest airport on Good Friday for the planned demonstration, where they unfurled a banner with the words “Are we the last generation”.
Footage showed the youngsters becoming emotional, with one protester saying he was “afraid for the future of this planet”.
The protest is part of wider demonstrations around the capital organized by the campaign group Extinction Rebellion (XR), which has blocked routes around Marble Arch, Oxford Circus, Parliament Square, and Waterloo Bridge since Monday.
Protesters stood by the tunnel that leads to Terminals 2 and 3 at the airport, but all roads around the roundabout remained open.
Extinction Rebellion said police had warned the youngsters at Heathrow that they could be arrested.
Dozens of police officers surrounded the group, who were stopped from blocking the road.
The airport had said it was braced for disruption after protesters announced plans to target the transport hub.
A spokesman for Heathrow Airport had said it was “working with authorities to address any threat of protests which could disrupt the airport”.
Pictures showed the youngsters becoming emotional and embracing during the demonstration.
The activists said they were motivated by a “constant fear” for their future, according to a statement from Extinction Rebellion.
In an interview with LBC, one boy said: “This is more of a symbolic protest to show the fear… the love that we have for this planet
“I’m not afraid of arrest, I’m afraid of the future of this planet.
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Organizers said the action would be escalated to include Heathrow on Good Friday, with around 500,000 people expected to fly out for Easter breaks over the bank holiday weekend.
The airport said it was “working with the authorities”, while Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave said: “Protesters can expect a robust police response. We are determined to keep the airport operating.”
Scotland Yard has warned protesters the force had “strong plans” in place with a significant number of officers ready to respond.
Ken Marsh, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, told BBC Breakfast on Friday that protests had been “very, very difficult” for the force because it was an “alien” situation for most of them.
But he said that with more than 1,000 officers being deployed the streets will begin to be cleared.
He added: “This is very, very difficult for us because my colleagues have never come across the situation that they are faced with at the moment.
“They are dealing with very, very passive people, probably quite nice people, who don’t want confrontation whatsoever with the police or anyone else but are breaking the law.
“We are having to adjust to that, we are having to deal with the circumstances that are put in front of my colleagues, but be very robust so we can start clearing the streets and you will see that starting to happen today.”
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Comments yes. This is where the hordes of do-nothing critics kick back in their cushioned armchairs to criticize and belittle the few people who actually see the planet is being trashed, and are trying to do something about it.
Typical fare. Sometimes I think the majority of us humans are too stupid to deserve to survive….
Always thought of Al Gore as guy that sets up businesses which relied on tapping into tax payer funded government programs and policies .
The earth has a fever BS and the science is settled nonsense were born out of impatience to execute a business plan that went off the rails .
Always sad to see snowflakes melt, but winter is over.
The fact that Al Gore is a Radical Enviromentalists he once told a member of the
Well at least the media have stopped producing bully videos of kids
in school who don’t drink the cool-aid according to earth has a fever promoters .
It’s great the kids care enough to speak out .in the words of John Lennon
Revolution …
“But when you talk about destruction
Don’t you know you can count me out .”
This group didn’t name themselves Help The Planet , they (or more likely an adult eco- anarchist ) chose the name Extinction Rebellion . It’s nice to hear they are “non-violent ” .
Thousands of people die per year in the UK due to fuel poverty yet no one speaks for them . That is thousands of premature deaths every year because of ridiculous government policies that were supposedly justified on grossly inflated/inaccurate climate models , pressure from lobbyists to get government subsides to pay off their friends and governments thirst for new sources of revenue .
Government have known for years that this overblown fraud is killing thousands per year and they continue to lie to the public that humans are
able to find a three bears sweet spot temperature all by tweeking natures plant food . Instead of suing fossil fuel companies for “who knew’ non-sense
government are the ones enabling and promoting mass genocide .
You want to worry about something kids … watch the jack asses in parliament act like a sugar high kindergarten class .
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I had given up on Canadian politics. The media, the voters, the majority joining the fight against climate change. Liberals from sea2sea2sea. Warming? We
like our Canada frozen.
But…..
There’s a revolution going on in Canada. Enough of the B.S.
The Liberals are getting the boot. They’re on a losing streak.
Except for the Alberta trucker convoy to Ottawa, there hasn’t been a ruckus. Voters have just been biding their time. Only lately has the press taken off their blinders. The Prime Minister is making mistakes!
Alberta, once again, has become a sympathetic victim. Trudeau Jr. didn’t learn from Sr.’s mistake. Steal from the West to appease Quebec . The dumbest thing is how they’re trying to sell carbon taxes. “We tax you, then give you the money back” If that doesn’t set off an alarm upstairs, you don’t have a brain.
Hmmm. Emma Thompson – actress.
Isn’t it amazing how many prominent theatrical types are rabid Warmunists?
I mean, polls often show something like 50% of populations in Western countries believe mankind is responsible for at least some of the mild warming we’ve experienced since 1850. But it’s unusual to see a poll result with more than about 30% of the respondents blaming humans for ALL the warming.
But look at Hollywood!
(And I tar Emma Thompson and other British actors and performers with the same brush … also Australia’s.)
Virtually 100% of them seem absolutely convinced manmade global warming is real and catastrophic!
Given that Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW) or so-called ‘Climate Change’, has no scientific basis (which is true), it’s apparent that Hollywood types are 2-3 times more gullible than the average person.
So, does this mean you have to be a moron to be an actor?
Just look at the fools thinking they were going to shut down Heathrow Airport They live a lala land where reality is not to be found and they can romp naked with the wild critters and all is peace and harmony until Man shows up and ruins it all These People are fools all the way fools
And what about that idiot actress Emma Thompson who flies over 5000 miles to join the protest. Bloody hypocrite.
…and after their little temper tantrum failed they hopped into their gasoline powered cars and drove back to their parents house to spend the rest of the day the basement playing on-line video games, surfing the net and checking to see how many likes they’ve gotten. Good grief these kids have been brainwashed with a bunch of nonsense and are so misguided.
So look what happened someone rained on their little parade too bad fools i guess they could,nt handle the truth that Global Warming/Climate Change is a total scam The Extionction Rebellion of Fools so my guess is no one but the lie a day liberal Media everybody else ignored them all
How many travellers saw the XR protest and cancelled their plans?