Greenpeace scales Sunak’s manor home in protest at oil drilling ‘frenzy’
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reenpeace activists have stated they’ve scaled Rishi Sunak’s mansion in protest at his new drilling “frenzy”.
The campaigners stated they’d draped the Prime Minister’s manor home in North Yorkshire with an oily-black cloth to “drive home the dangerous consequences”.
They took the motion on Thursday as Mr Sunak and his household are away on vacation in California.
Police had been understood to be in attendance, as Greenpeace confronted criticism for concentrating on his household residence in Kirby Sigston, close to Northallerton.
Mr Sunak, the MP for Richmond in North Yorkshire, has stated he plans to “max out” the UK’s oil and gasoline reserves by granting greater than 100 new licences for extraction within the North Sea.
He has additionally hinted that the UK’s largest untapped oil area, Rosebank, to the west of Shetland, might be permitted regardless of fierce opposition from environmental campaigners.
Climate-conscious Conservatives have joined campaigners to warn towards the transfer, amid issues it’s going to hinder efforts to succeed in net-zero by 2050.
After scaling the home, the 4 activists held up a banner demanding “no new oil”.
Greenpeace UK local weather campaigner Philip Evans stated: “We desperately need our prime minister to be a climate leader, not a climate arsonist.
“Just as wildfires and floods wreck homes and lives around the world, Sunak is committing to a massive expansion of oil and gas drilling.
“He seems quite happy to hold a blowtorch to the planet if he can score a few political points by sowing division around climate in this country. This is cynical beyond belief.
“More North Sea drilling will only benefit oil giants who stand to make even more billions from it, partly thanks to a giant loophole in Sunak’s own windfall tax.”
A No 10 supply stated “police are in attendance” earlier than defending Mr Sunak’s local weather insurance policies.
“We make no apology for taking the right approach to ensure our energy security, using the resources we have here at home so we are never reliant on aggressors like (Russian President Vladimir) Putin for our energy,” they stated.
“We are also investing in renewables and our approach supports thousands of British jobs.”
Alicia Kearns, the senior Tory who chairs the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, stated the motion was “unacceptable”.
“Politicians live in the public eye and rightly receive intense scrutiny, but their family homes should not be under assault,” she stated.
“Before long police will need to be stationed outside the home of every MP.”