Climate Rush Parliament

13.10.2008
A powe­ful and mov­ing demo at par­lia­ment saw over five hun­dred peo­ple push­ing through police and reach­ing the (locked) doors of par­lia­ment.

After frocks and cake on par­lia­ment square things turned a lit­tle less peace­full as the mass rushed accross the road and reached the doors of par­lia­ment.

Police have been forced to close the main pub­lic entrance to Par­lia­ment after envi­ron­men­tal pro­test­ers attempt­ed to force their way in.

Organ­ised by the Cli­mate Rush group, the aim was to emu­late the attempt by the Suf­fragette move­ment to storm Par­lia­ment 100 years ago.

At about 1830 BST, demon­stra­tors marched to Par­lia­ment where they were stopped by police at the St Stephen’s entrance.

Five peo­ple have been arrest­ed for breach of the peace and a 23-year-old woman has been held for breach of bail, a Met­ro­pol­i­tan Police spokesman said.

Doors at the main St Stephen’s Gate entrance were closed and secured with two large met­al bars. Pro­test­ers strik­ing the doors were clear­ly audi­ble from the inside.

BBC film footage
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