Health Secretary Wes Streeting was interrupted by environmental protesters during a speech at the Fabian Society, where he criticized Nigel Farage's 'populist right' ideology and called for a center-left response.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting faced interruptions from environmental protesters during a speech on Saturday where he criticized Reform UK leader Nigel Farage 's political ideology. Two women shouted their objections as Streeting addressed the Fabian Society , a socialist organization and think tank, urging the center-left to counter the 'populist right.
'One demonstrator, who was swiftly removed from the conference hall in central London by security, stated her protest centered on the continued subsidies provided to Drax power station in North Yorkshire. Zoe Courtney-Bodgener, one of the protesters, later explained, 'Labour promised change and we voted for them because we wanted change and they are continuing to subsidize. We still believe that there's time for them to make a difference, but they need to end the subsidies now.'Online, climate organizations Climate Resistance and Axe Drax claimed responsibility for the disruption. A spokesperson for Axe Drax, in a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter), asserted, 'Wes Streeting and Labour cannot talk seriously about protecting health whilst continuing to enable polluters to profit massively from poisoning communities. It's high time this government committed to ending subsidies for Drax, Britain's dirtiest power station.' A spokesperson for Climate Resistance added, 'Climate Resistance and Axe Drax just disrupted Wes Streeting at the Fabian Society conference! We confronted him about government subsidies for Drax, the world’s largest tree-burner that pollutes the air in the UK and abroad. The climate crisis IS a health crisis.' Following the protesters' removal, Streeting expressed surprise that 'there were only two.' During his speech, Streeting accused Farage of promoting a 'miserablist, declinist' vision for Britain. He emphasized the need for the center-left to seriously combat the 'populist right,' stating, 'People shouldn't have to choose between a health service that treats them on time and an NHS free at point of use. That's a poverty of ambition for our country and Labour utterly rejects it.
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