Johnson refuses to meet XR hunger strikers while protesters shut down most-polluted roads
Extinction Rebellion protesters in Cranbourne Street, outside Leicester Square Station, central London
BORIS JOHNSON once again ducked his responsibility to address the climate emergency today when he shunned activists’ demands for a meeting at Tory HQ.
Extinction Rebellion (XR) campaigners waited outside the Conservative Party headquarters in Westminster at midday, hoping that the PM would accept their written invitation to a face-to-face discussion on tackling the global warming crisis.
But the letter, penned by XR hunger strikers Pete Cole, 76, and Marko Stephanov, 67, last Friday, was ignored.
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