Advertisements criticizing British Prime Minister Rachel Reeves for accepting political donations from climate-change-skeptic lobbyists have been placed on several London Underground lines without official permission.
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A satirical poster reads: “Prime Minister, sponsored by climate change deniers: Rachel Reeves has robbed them of £10,000.” The revised party logo now reads: “Labour still stands for oil.”
Mr Reeves withdraws Labor’s proposed £28bn green investment fund last yearShortly after receiving a £10,000 donation from Lord Donoghuea prominent climate skeptic and former president of the climate change denier Global Warming Policy Foundation.
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Sam Symonds of Climate Resistance, the group behind the stunt, said: “To avoid dangerous climate change, our government needs to phase out dirty oil and gas from the country and replace it with clean, home-grown wind power. and solar power generation must be introduced.”
“But big oil companies are hijacking our politics in a desperate bid to protect their profits and slow action on climate change.
“It is outrageous that our Prime Minister is accepting five-figure sums from a notorious climate change denier while cutting funding to tackle the climate crisis.”
“From the California fires to the UK floods, we are already seeing the effects of the climate crisis. If we want a secure future, we must overcome the influence of oil lobbyists and climate change deniers.” added.
The prime minister has come under increased pressure in recent weeks as the economic outlook worsens.
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Brendan Montague is the editor ecologist.
