“Shadow health secretary pledges to make climate change a central policy focus.”
Guardian UK:
Labour endorses Extinction Rebellion activists after week of protest
Shadow health secretary pledges to make climate change a central policy focus
“Labour has backed the Extinction Rebellion protesters who have carried out a week of civil disobedience and occupations to highlight the ecological emergency, likening them to the Chartists, suffragettes and anti-apartheid activists.
Speaking in response to an urgent question in the Commons on Tuesday, the shadow energy minister, Barry Gardiner – who also holds the international trade role – said that alongside the school strikes, the protests organised by Extinction Rebellion were reminiscent of previous memorable struggles.
“All of those victories were won by citizens uniting against injustice, making their voice heard. And Extinction Rebellion and the school climate strikersare doing just that,” Gardiner said.”
“Outside parliament, several hundred protesters from Extinction Rebellion gathered to call for politicians to engage with their three demands: for politicians to tell the truth, for the UK to cut carbon emissions to zero by 2025, and for the formation of a citizens’ assembly.
Jon Ashworth, the shadow health secretary, came out to speak to the crowd, pledging to make climate change a central focus of Labour’s health and wellbeing policy and expressed his support for a citizens’ assembly.”
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