Animal Rebellion activists spray ‘fake milk’ white PAINT at Big Ben as anti-dairy protesters block road in Westminster ahead of Liz Truss’s first PMQs

• Animal Rebellion activists sprayed Big Ben with ‘fake milk’ using fire extinguisher
• Anti-dairy protestors targeted Palace of Westminster this morning ahead of Liz Truss’s first PMQs
• This is the group’s fourth day of action in their ‘plant-based future’ campaign
• Met Police officers have been pictured at the scene as campaigners block road

Animal rights activists sprayed ‘fake milk’ white paint at Big Ben this morning ahead of Liz Truss’s first Prime Minister’s Questions.

Nine campaigners from Animal Rebellion blocked the junction at Parliament Street at around 10.45am today pouring the ‘milk’ over the road and spraying the Elizabeth Tower with white paint using fire extinguishers.

Metropolitan Police officers have been pictured at the scene of the protest as campaigners sat down in the road with a banner reading ‘plant-based future’.

The climate and animal campaign group say they have ‘targeted Liz Truss ahead of her first PMQs, in a bid to force her into negotiation for their demands’.

They said they gave the landmark ‘a new coat of white paint to represent the destruction and cruelty of the dairy industry’.

This is the fourth consecutive day of the group’s anti-dairy protests in their ‘Plant-Based Future’ campaign,  which they say has left milk shelves empty in Plymouth, Portsmouth, Bristol, and Birmingham.

Animal rights activists have this morning sprayed ‘fake milk’ white paint at Big Ben (pictured) ahead of Liz Truss’s first Prime Minister’s Questions

Police officers at the Animal Rebellion activists’ protest after they threw paint on the walls and road outside the Houses of Parliament in protest

Metropolitan Police officers have been pictured at the scene of the protest as campaigners sat down with a banner reading ‘plant-based future’

Activists blocking Parliament Street in front of Big Ben after they gave the landmark ‘a new coat of white paint to represent the destruction and cruelty of the dairy industry’

Andrew Howard, 63, a retired firefighter from Sheffield, at Westminster this morning said ‘today’s action is a direct challenge to Prime Minister Liz Truss.

‘We are calling on her to make the drastic changes that we know need to happen in order to combat the cost-of-living, climate, and ecological crises we are facing.’

‘Supporting farmers into a plant-based future, whilst rewilding the land this would free up, is a total no-brainer.

‘A plant-based future means cheaper food, more nature, and massive amounts of carbon drawn down from the atmosphere. It’s a win for everyone’

Animal Rebellion are trying to put pressure on new PM Liz Truss and newly appointed DEFRA minister, Ranil Jayawardena to ‘directly acknowledge [their] demands for a plant-based future’.

Dr Alice Brough, 31, a livestock veterinarian from Gloucestershire has said ‘Liz Truss and Ranil Jayawardena’s attitude of prioritising free trade, no matter the cost, has shown shocking neglect for British farmers, and therefore the rest of us struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.’

‘The new Prime Minister Liz Truss needs to immediately rebuild her broken relationship with farming and fishing communities and support a sustainable, plant-based food system by tackling the energy price crisis, rising costs, and lack of security British farms are facing.

‘Supporting farmers in a plant-based transition will achieve all of this and more.’

The animal and climate group are demanding an end to ‘wholesale governmental support for farmers and fishing communities to transition to a plant-based food system’, as well as a ‘programme of rewilding that will secure a future for generations to come’.

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