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ENVIRONMENTAL activists have vowed to continue ramping up their actions to tackle the climate crisis, in defiance of the Tories’ new round of anti-protest laws.
The Public Order Bill was waved through the Commons on Wednesday with the backing of 276 MPs to 231.
The proposed legislation, which will now go to the House of Lords, seeks to introduce new offences for protest tactics typically used by climate activists, including lock-ons, tunnelling and targeting “key infrastructure.”
But, in a statement yesterday, Extinction Rebellion said the legislation will fail to quell the growing climate movement, warning that the government was “playing a losing game.”
“People continue to step up and take civil disobedience despite attempts to criminalise their right to protest,” the group said.
“Extinction Rebellion calls for a Citizens’ Assembly on Climate and Ecological Justice as a necessary upgrade to our political system.
“It’s a proposal that looks increasingly sensible against the backdrop of Westminster chaos, spiralling energy costs and population crying out for action on the climate crisis.”
