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Dear London,
You probably didn't know Bristol is a city where disruptive protest is an almost every day occurrence.
You do now.
Let's take stock of what some people of @XRBristol have done in London for @XRebellionUK these last few days....
pls RT...
#ClimateCrisis
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK First up, Bristol's pensioners are not happy about climate change.
This was the warning a week ago
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK That was added to by the warning that 250 activists from Bristol were ready to be arrested.
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK They aren't all Bristol Crusties or pensioners on a jolly.... This NHS manager wore a suit to the camp to rebel as part of @XRebellionUK
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK There's a fella called Phil Kingston, 83, from Patchway, Bristol, who has been arrested more times than Man Utd have scored this year.
London's first experience of him was of him spraying fake blood out of a fire engine at HM Treasury
More of him later...
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK Then James & Mary Collett, a retired couple who ran their own business, sprayed the Dept for Transport, in protest at the expansion of Bristol Airport.
It was their first arrest
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK In response to criticism that @ExtinctionR campaigners are 'privileged' to be able to use arrest as a tactic, the Bristol couple embraced that & say yes right they are using that privilege.
Interesting read this one...
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK @ExtinctionR The couple were released & went straight to Black Rock, the trillion-dollar fossil fuel hedgefund in the City...
We have hedge-funds here in Bristol, too...
@ExtinctionR @XRBristol
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK @ExtinctionR A lot of the protests went viral on Twitter, especially the moment the police arrested a man dressed as a piece of broccoli who became known as Mr Broccoli, & ended up being grilled by @piersmorgan
He's from Bristol because of course he is.
He said this-
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK @ExtinctionR @piersmorgan But the @ExtinctionR protests went a bit sour when a splinter group targeted the Tube at Canning Town & Shadwell
These guys, including Mr Kingston, 83, were from Bristol.
Sorry.
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK @ExtinctionR @piersmorgan Mr Kingston & a 77-year-old Bristol vicar have now been charged with the wonderful-sounding crime of 'obstructing an engine'
full details here: bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK @ExtinctionR @piersmorgan And the fella dragged off the tube train at Canning Town?
He's called James Mee, and he's from.......
Bristol....
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK @ExtinctionR @piersmorgan Dear That There London, please don't think Bristol has been quiet while all this has been going on.
This week, a group of 30 @XRBristol mums & babies staged a sit-in at Bristol's main city centre shopping mall.
Please do actually read this article...
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK @ExtinctionR @piersmorgan Because if you do read it, you'll see that one of Bristol's doctors, an ordinary GP, said she is protesting because, & I quote:
"We’re worried about the future of our children, who may well die young from climate change in this country"
😳😳😳😳😳😳
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK @ExtinctionR @piersmorgan But it has, tbh, been quite quiet in Bristol.
Normally, it seems like there's XR, student strikes & other campaign roadblocks every other day...
This, in this article, is normal for Bristol.
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK @ExtinctionR @piersmorgan Or this
The Bristol Airport expansion is a big deal here, a bit like that Heathrow thing...?

bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK @ExtinctionR @piersmorgan But the point is, I guess, that Extinction Rebellion has come from Bristol, it started here (and in Stroud) and now it's very much with you there in That There London.
This is an article about its origins...
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK @ExtinctionR @piersmorgan So maybe the takeaway from all those in the London Bubble is... take notice of what's happening to people outside the M25, because eventually....
(these people who set this up in Oxford Circus are, yep, from Bristol...)
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK @ExtinctionR @piersmorgan Here's the latest on one of the fellas who jumped on, and was dragged off, a tube train at Canning Town.
He's from Bristol because of course he is
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK @ExtinctionR @piersmorgan Also, a bit more light shed on Mr Broccoli. In the summer, m'colleague @ConorGogarty reported how he & his friend were rather forcefully booted out of Morrisons in Fishponds for protesting about alleged animal cruelty at the farms that supply it with meat
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
@XRBristol @XRebellionUK @ExtinctionR @piersmorgan @ConorGogarty And here's the report on how 10 @XRBristol activists were part of the team that shut down Oxford Circus this morning
bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n…
And still there’s more.
The eerie, ethereal and slightly spooky Red Rebel Brigade was founded in Bristol
I knew this & have seen them at many protests in the city - hadn’t realised they’d spread their, er, wings to London & beyond as much as they had.
And still there’s more.
Bristol likes a bit of guerrilla political street art (you may have heard of one or two of our artists).
This was called #BristolBlocks, designed by Bristolians Ruby & Dimi, & put outside #TateModern this week as part of @ExtinctionR
(h/t @ProfColinDavis)
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