BREAKING - "EXTINCTION REBELLION" CLIMATE CHANGE PROTESTORS HIJACK NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL !!

Extinction Rebellion activists have hijacked the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day in a 'truly shameful' climate change stunt.

Eco-warriors unveiled a banner reading 'Honour Their Sacrifice, Climate Change Means War' at the memorial on Whitehall, central London.

Former soldier and XR member Donald Bell led the protest as he held a two-minute silence before hanging a wreath.

The 64-year-old, who delivered a note to Sir David Attenborough's house last month, said he wanted to highlight how climate change could cause more wars.

He told the Mirror: 'This government is criminally negligent and young people today will pay the price for their failure.

'I did four tours in Northern Ireland. I have been in conflict. I saw good friends - my comrades, who I served with - die.

'Many of the people who attend the Remembrance Day Service have never seen the horrors of war. I hope they never have to.'

But the stunt was met with fury online as social media users branded the group 'truly shameful'.

One person wrote: 'Truly shameful: Extinction Rebellion have placed a 'climate change means war' wreath upon the Cenotaph.

'These privileged prats seem to be doing all they can to turn public opinion against them.'


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