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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Chris Packham ‘surprised Sunak didn’t have more security’ as he defends Greenpeace stunt

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Chris Packham has said he was surprised Rishi Sunak “didn’t have more security” after Greenpeace activists scaled his home in protest over new North Sea gas and oil drillings.

Five climate protestors were arrested on Thursday after they draped a black cloth over the prime minister’s North Yorkshire manor house while he was away on holiday with his family. After climbing to the roof of the house with ladders, the activists unfurled the material and brandished a banner demanding “no new oil”.

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