A Welsh Just Stop Oil campaigner who was begged to "stop shouting" on Sky News by Mark Austin as she justified the recent M25 protests said the headlines calling her an "eco-hypocrite" are distracting people away from "the real issue".
Indigo Rumbelow, who grew up on a farm in the Gower near the Loughor estuary, appeared live on Sky News on November 10 to defend the protests which caused four days of chaos on Britain's busiest motorway. She gave an impassioned performance but the headlines the next day described the interview as descending into "a cacophony of noise".
The broadcaster became exasperated when Indigo kept talking over him and then asked if he loved fossil fuels more than his own children. The Daily Mail also condemned the 28-year-old activist for being an "eco-hypocrite" after exposing pictures of her posted on social media allegedly enjoying breaks in Nepal, Sweden, Lithuania and Croatia in her younger days.
