Barefoot man holding Palestinian flag climbs Elizabeth Tower

Police have been called to the Palace of Westminster after a man was seen climbing up the tower which houses Big Ben.

Video on social media shows a barefoot man stood on a ledge several metres up the Elizabeth Tower holding a Palestinian flag.

Police say they were called to the scene on 8 March at 7:24am.

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[ronpeer]

The UK has lost its mind and the country.

[uptheduffagain]

Why are so many ambulances being tied up for ONE man, and who's not yet injured himself?

[_Gamer]

He's comfortable up there just leave him.

[worst_coffeeoverdose]

Dont bring him down let him stay there for a year😂

[XTSu-slbb]

Who has had enough of all this nonsense?

[julianr]

Probably an employee of the BBC, Sky or C4.

[joannewebb]

England as gone down the toilet! Well it’s not that safe is it like she’s just said and nothing will happen to him after this

[lyndagould]

He's going to be deaf as well if the clock chimes on the hour.

[lynnblackburn]

How much tax payers money is this costing, i hope hes getting thrown in jail as soon as he gets down, it's a security breach for Westminster, not only the amount of disruption to the area ! 😮

[ohenekojo]

Leave him there! Pay him no attention.

[matthewmcewan]

What a Muppet, what a waste of emergency services 😡

[troybolton]

Things are going badly for this country

[NLS_]

But can he do it in the cold rainy night at Stoke

[Elmo]

If that happens on the pyramids in Egypt (which supports Palestine). He'll be imprisoned

[Konadude]

I wonder what would happen if he climbed the Kremlin...

[disturbed]

Couldn't care less about what the reason is ...as no reason is good enough to climb a building and annoy people. What bugs me is that this is waisting emergency services time. Someone could need them yet they will have to go on spare because some appliances are dealing with this nonsense. How do adults grow up and make judgements like this?

[simonlewis]

Should be charged for all the emergencies services he has used, this is what happens with weak politicians

[paulhillman]

When John Noakes climbed Nelson's column, they didn't close any streets, so why is this guy so special.

[chrisjames]

More wasted time and money of resources. Just leave him up there.

[jamesunsworth]

The security is a joke.
Lucky he wasn't trying to kill anyone.

But they should just leave him there, if he falls, he falls 🤷‍♂️🤡🌍