Green Party candidate: I would ‘absolutely’ get arrested again to challenge climate change

The activist was dragged away in a police van on Tuesday night but soon released.

A Green Party London Assembly who was arrested at Tuesday’s Extinction Rebellion protest has told Left Foot Forward he would get arrested again to keep climate change on the agenda.

Zack Polanski called on both Labour and the Green Party to go further on climate change, backing bold moves for a ‘zero carbon’ Britain in the next decade.

Speaking from Waterloo Bridge – which is being occupied as part of the latest wave of direct action by Extinction Rebellion – Polanski told this site that Britain needs a ‘Green New Deal’:

.@ZackPolanski – a Green candidate who was arrested yesterday for taking part in the Extinction Rebellion protests – says all parties (including Labour and Greens) need to go further and faster on climate change pic.twitter.com/htw1YSvwes
— Josiah Mortimer (@josiahmortimer) April 17, 2019

Around 300 people have so far been arrested as part of Extinction Rebellion protests in the UK, with more arrests expected on Wednesday night.

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One Response to “Green Party candidate: I would ‘absolutely’ get arrested again to challenge climate change”

Tom Sacold
April 18, 2019
If you break the law you risk getting nicked.
We need a strong ‘three strikes and you’r out’ rule so that repeat offenders are locked up for a long time.

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One Response to “Green Party candidate: I would ‘absolutely’ get arrested again to challenge climate change”

Tom Sacold