Extinction Rebellion shut down Tower Bridge
(Picture: Extinction Rebellion)Tomorrow morning, from 10am at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park Extinction Rebellion will lead in a disruptive display of people power onto the streets of central London to send a message to the government and their friends in the oil and gas industry: it’s time to end fossil fuels and we’re not leaving the streets until you do.
This morning at the crack of dawn, a huge 22x3 metre banner dropped down across Tower Bridge, one of London’s most iconic locations, as an introduction to the upcoming week of action. The banner drop took place at the gateway to the City of London, the root source of oil and gas funding in the UK, and two people hung from the bridge by zip lines. The words on the banner read ‘End Fossil Fuels Now’. Within minutes the bridge was closed to traffic and ‘Tower Bridge’ was trending on Twitter.
