Extinction Rebellion protesters dressed up as bees descended on the Liberal Democrats’ campaign bus – and one glued his hands to the windscreen.
Six activists swarmed the party’s battle bus dressed as the insects, with one protester, Pete McCall, saying he stuck himself to the vehicle with superglue.
He was among a number of protesters dressed as bees who targeted the bus ahead of a south London campaign visit by Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson to the Knights Youth Centre in Streatham.
An Extinction Rebellion protester is lead away by Police officers after he glued himself to the Liberal Democrat battle bus
Liberal Democrat Leader Jo Swinson speaks to Extinction Rebellion protesters dressed as bees after they glued themselves to the party’s battle bus during a visit to Knights Youth Centre in London
Six activists swarmed the party’s battle bus dressed as the insects, with one protester, Pete McCall, sticking himself to the vehicle with superglue
Mr McCall said: ‘All the parties are being targeted today.’
Extinction Rebellion said six of its activists had targeted the Lib Dem battle bus to demand that ‘climate and ecological emergency is top of the agenda this election’.
‘The protest, going by the name ”Bee-yond Politics”, is being carried out to remind politicians of the irreplaceable biodiversity loss that is a direct result of their poor, irresponsible policy-making.
‘Activists wanted to plant the plight of bees and other pollinators fully in the minds of the next prime minister and to remind them that they hold the future of life in their hands.
‘Our bee population is being threatened by extreme weather and habitat destruction, bringing with it crop instability and food vulnerability.’
Extinction Rebellion said six of its activists had targeted the Lib Dem battle bus to demand that ‘climate and ecological emergency is top of the agenda this election’
Jo Swinson speaks to Extinction Rebellion protesters dressed as bees after they glued themselves to the party’s battle bus
Police officers speak to Extinction Rebellion protesters dressed as bees at the Liberal Democrat battle bus
