Greenpeace protesters bailed following roof top protest at PM’s home

A group of Greenpeace activists arrested following an anti-oil protest on the roof of Rishi Sunak’s constituency manor house have been released while inquiries continue, police have said.

North Yorkshire Police, who have come under criticism following the security breach at the Prime Minister’s grade II-listed mansion in Kirby Sigston on Thursday, said their investigation “remains ongoing”.

The campaigners draped his home with an oil-black fabric to protest against the Government’s plans to allow licences to be granted for further development of North Sea oil and gas.

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[carolesutton]

It's all theatre, to keep people away from what is really happening.

[thomasshepard]

Absolutely shocking they should have been held on remand until their trial and then sent down for a minimum of 5 years

[ste]

How did the protesters manage to carry all that equipment on foot?

[MAGAted]

one thing you can always rely on labour for, being out of touch with ordinary people, i think it comes from them being infested with minority viewpoints

[earnestequivocation]

Public minded people are a rarity since Thatcher introduced De unionisation De regulation and Me Myself I ism.
Heroes.

[damiansciberras]

Call for an investigation into how the PM's security was breached, but nothing about the corrupt oil contracts and licenses he is issuing! As the world is dying and running out of resources this short sighted view will ultimatetly be our downfall. I am getting old and have no children, so it doesn't really matter to me. But if you have kids and a family, then surely their future is just as important as ours was!

[St-lan]

the police are not responding to any complaints or misdemeanor crime . but they are very quick to arrest some protesters on a roof throwing a black towel .where is the crime??

[philipwebb]

I'm sure those Geeks are secretly being back-rolled by the oil industry simply because their behaviour is driving the public against their cause!

[Phil-bcsd]

I hope part of their bail conditions are that if they are arrested again they will face an automatic jail sentence of 12 months

[ddoherty]

Everything they are wearing and carried on the roof is made of oil 🤣🤣🤣

[meetkichu]

Shows the state of police departments in general. They can't provide security to PM's home what kind of protection the public will receive is 🙁questionable.

[RichardMaguire]

Who is paying for them to protest and be bailed?

[tonyjim]

Of course it's all stagesd and fake

[plesno]

What? So I can trespass on someone else’s property, sit on their roof and get out of jail? What’s next, we can start going inside people’s houses too?

[gandhi]

At least someone is pointing out the breathtaking hypocrisy of Cons over green issues!

[carlpierce]

When will the police be arresting the Sunak crime family ?

[darrell]

Hope the police get fired for not responding to rushis council house.

[MattB-stky]

This is fair, if Rishi thinks we can get to Net Zero by extracting more oil and gas (that we will hardly benefit from) then he deserves this. JSO should glue their bare a-holes to his windows.

[ataboyboyboy]

This is unacceptable. where were the security, and how they by passed it? someone from the inside was working with them. This needs big investigation. They could have been terrorists CATCH THE SECURITY MOLE.
Action like this demand prison and heavy fines.

[peterchapman]

he certainly should have cctv and alarms for protection whilst away and further protection in residence, these eco idiots should not be able to access so easily and if they try then the penalty must be severe