Before Liz Truss’s first Prime Minister’s Questions, animal rights activists this morning painted Big Ben white with “fake milk” to mock the prime minister.
Around 10.45 am today, nine Animal Rebellion activists barricaded the intersection at Parliament Street and used fire extinguishers to shower the Elizabeth Tower with “milk” and disrupt traffic.
According to the environmental and animal rights advocacy organisation, they “targeted Liz Truss ahead of her first PMQs in an effort to drive her into negotiation for their demands.”
According to them, they painted the historic site a fresh coat of white to symbolise the brutality and devastation caused by the dairy business.
In their fourth day of disruption as part of their “Plant-Based Future” campaign, the anti-dairy group claims that milk shelves in Plymouth, Portsmouth, Bristol, and Birmingham are now empty.
The 63-year-old Andrew Howard, a former Sheffield fireman, stated this morning in Westminster, “Today’s action is a direct challenge to Prime Minister Liz Truss.”
We are urging her to implement the significant adjustments that we are aware are necessary to address the rising expense of living, escalating climate change, and growing ecological crisis.
Supporting farmers as they transition to a plant-based diet is a no-brainer, as is rebuilding the land that would be freed up.
“A plant-based future promises less expensive food, more green space, and significant carbon dioxide removal from the environment.” It benefits everyone.
Liz Truss, the incoming prime minister, and Ranil Jayawardena, the recently appointed minister of DEFRA, are the targets of pressure from Animal Rebellion to “actively accept [their] aspirations for a plant-based future.”
Liz Truss and Ranil Jayawardena’s attitude of prioritising free trade, no matter the cost, has shown shocking neglect for British farmers, and as a result, the rest of us who are struggling with the cost-of-living crisis, according to Dr. Alice Brough, a 31-year-old livestock veterinarian from Gloucestershire.
The incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss has to address the energy price issue, increasing prices, and lack of security that British farmers are experiencing right now.
She also needs to encourage a sustainable, plant-based food system.
All of this and more may be accomplished by assisting farmers in the shift to a plant-based diet.
The animal and climate organisation is calling on the government to stop providing “wholesale assistance for farmers and fishing communities to migrate to a plant-based food system” and to implement a “programme of rebuilding that will assure a future for generations to come.”