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The Guardian - UK
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Joe Goodman

McDonald’s offered Met police cheap burgers and free drinks during XR protests

A McDonald's employee hands a bag to a customer
Offer of free hot drinks from some McDonald’s was declared by the Met in its gifts and hospitality submission. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images

McDonald’s restaurants offered the Metropolitan police cut-price burgers and free hot drinks during Extinction Rebellion protests – but senior officers warned staff not to “flaunt” it, documents show.

Franchises also granted liberal use of their toilets during the central London demonstrations. A police chief praised this in an internal email as a “convenient” deal that would “allow short breaks” for patrolling officers.

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