Billboard posters have appeared at bus stops in Prince Street mocking former PM Liz Truss and petrolhead-turned-farmer Jeremy Clarkson. But they are not all that they seem.
The posters - mock-up of the front pages of The Sun and Metro - are actually prompts to join the Big One gathering in London, environmental group Extinction Rebellion's on April 21.
The Liz Truss poster is headlined 'Truss To Attend the Big One' The second poster has an image of Jeremy Clarkson kitted out in full cycling gear, with the headline 'Together Ve-gan end fossil fuel, says Clarkson'. The poster promises that Clarkson will be cycling to the Big One.
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The group behind the posters is urging the public to join the Big One protest outside the Houses of Parliament, which is scheduled from April 21-24 to address climate change and related crises. The protest aims to bring 100,000 people together and has the support of a host of other civil society groups and activists, including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Global Justice and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, among others.
Climate change activists are likely to be joined by NHS workers, trade unionists, anti-racism campaigners at the mass demonstration set for April.
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