Extinction Rebellion is planning its largest protest in London
(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)Extinction Rebellion is planning major protests in London that could last for weeks.
Climate activists are planning to wreak havoc across the capital with plans for protests from April.
According to reports, activists will target oil and energy giants over the Easter Bank holiday in protests across the capital.
A spokesperson for the group told MyLondon: “This will be day after day. We’ve launched a big mobilisation plan, with hopefully several thousand attending.
“It will be very oil focused. There will be definite disruption across London.”
The group is expected to release its plans on February 14 with protests beginning in Hyde Park from April 9.
In a statement ahead of the London protest in April, the group said: “Every rebel is invited to take part in mass resistance together in London on April 9th onwards.
“Rebels are invited to participate in a very simple action plan with varying risk levels.
“This would mean no more scattergun actions but to come together in unity with a single message, demand and a flexible action design.
“The moments of mass participation will be designed to be simple to join, openly organised, and with the ability to continue for weeks at a time.”
Last September, the Met Police made 508 arrests following two weeks of protests in the capital.
Over two weeks, protesters glued themselves to a McDonald’s restaurant, a pink table in Oxford Circus and multiple roads.
Due to the protests, the UK Government has drawn up the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
If the bill is passed, police chiefs would be able to put start and finish times, set noise limits and apply rules to a demonstration by just one person.
The bill is currently in the Commons where MPs will consider amendments put forward by the House of Lords.
The Met Police has been approached for comment by the Standard.
