Extinction Rebellion To Police The London Marathon?

[mushroom25]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/apr/19/extinction-rebellion-pledges-to-help-guard-london-marathon-from-protests

One wonders exactly what deal Chris Brasher has struck with XR - are they being paid? threatening 'chaos' unless paid off sits pretty adjacent to 'terrorism' in the dictionary right? or am I missing something?

[237SJ]

Reminds me of the Rolling Stones concert at Altamont

[mushroom25]

I thought the same SJ. that didn't end well, did it?

[ichkeria]

Some while back XR renounced violent tactics.
It’s in the interests of climate change activists not to see the cause seriously damaged by these idiots

[Spungle]

This has got to be an April Fool.

[bazwillrun]

oh good, the internal factions will if not already be at each others throats...implosion ahead

[ToraToraTora]

Raving!

[tomus42]

Extinction rebellion haven't done anything for a while anyway. Just Stop Oil are the current activists, and this announcement seems like a red rag to a bull for them.

[ichkeria]

I would have thought tiha was good news to be honest

BTW it's Hugh Brasher, not Chris.

[davebro]

Chris B died in 2003

[Zacs-Master]

This puts XR in direct conflict with JSO. What a crazy decision. The police police, not militant protest organisations!

[douglas9401]

Is bottled water still discarded william-nilliam on this sweatfeast?

Goes to the basics of their issue and shows a lack of commitment to saving the planet leaving a gaping door for loonies to charge through.

Does the king have a pleb running in this race? History tells us to beware of suicidal tendencies.

[youngmafbog]

//The police police//

If only.

Plod need to either step up or get out the way and let the public deal with it. No tea and biscuits required.

[Old_Geezer]

What could possibly go wrong ?

[youngmafbog]

Nothing. The minority of intolerant trouble makers get a kicking then pack in disrupting the majority.

[ichkeria]

I don’t know what people imagine XR are going to be doing but it has to be a good thing if there are members of the public willing to help the police here.
It might all turn into a Judaea PF v PF of Judaea bloodbath of course but I doubt it.

The water bottles are all swiftly picked up and recycled by the way …

[youngmafbog]

There are 3 events, 21st - March to stop Bristol Airport extension starting at Trafalgar sq finishing outside Dept Transport

22nd - Biodiversity March, anticlockwise Great Smith Street Marsham Street, Horseferry Rd, Millbank Parliament sq.

21 - 24th Picket protests Home Office 2MS, DoEnvironment, Dept for levelling up (??) Dept for Transport GMH.

[Zacs-Master]

'if there are members of the public willing to help the police here'

Have the police condoned being helped? I bet not.

[DTCwordfan]

sounds like a recipe for anarchy to me - since when have the criminals become born-again?

[jno]

I imagine they're all in favour of travelling on foot.

[douglas9401]

No Latin yet, it's a miracle.