Climate and inflation: in the face of crises, British associations make themselves heard
On London Bridge, June 17, 2022, a heat wave day.
REUTERS - HENRY NICHOLLS
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Strike movements are intensifying, particularly in the public sector, to protest against the dizzying rise in the cost of living in the United Kingdom, but also to warn of the climate emergency.
Today a coalition of charities gathered on the streets of London to block traffic.
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With our correspondent in London,
Marie Boëda
Paul walks at the head of the procession, then stops in the middle of the street, followed by a few hundred people.
Traffic is interrupted, a tourist bus waits to restart.
“
The climate crisis and the cost of living crisis go together, they are linked.
For example, we want houses to be better insulated in the country.
This would allow the population to pay less for their energy.
»
The demonstrators divided into several groups in order to be present throughout the capital before meeting in Parliament Square, opposite Big Ben.
After ten minutes, they start to move again and traffic can resume.
It's civil resistance, explains Paul.
These actions are multiplying all over the country.
In the crowd stands Daron.
“
The prices of food, clothes, fuel, it's only going up.
I work for a food bank.
Every month there are more and more people.
It gets worse, people become addicted.
It concerns everyone, people who work full time, like nurses
, ”he says.
Objective of this day, to recruit people and prepare for a large-scale action scheduled for October 1, which should paralyze the main roads of the country.
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