Diets would have to change, by drastically cutting back on meat and dairy.
"Newsagents have played a critical role during Covid-19 in getting newspapers into the hands of readers and this is not helpful at a time when every sale counts," he added.Extinction Rebellion has planned 10 days of action and is calling on the government to do more to act on climate change.In an updated statement following the latest protest, a spokesman said: "We are in an emergency of unprecedented scale and the papers we have targeted are not reflecting the scale and urgency of what is happening to our planet. Extinction Rebellion: More than 300 arrested at London climate protests More Extinction Rebellion arrests as London protests continues In April 2019, Extinction Rebellion held a large demonstration in London. These are external links and will open in a new window Workers at the HQ … "Thanks to other industry partners, printing was transferred to other sites," it said.Telegraph editor Chris Evans earlier emailed staff to say that although the paper was not XR's primary target, it was "severely affected".He told them: "I'm also very concerned - and I hope you are too - by the attack on free speech. "Whatever your politics you should be worried by this. Protesters gathered outside the sites - including Broxbourne in Hertfordshire - owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation These are external links and will open in a new windowExtinction Rebellion (XR) activists have delayed the distribution of several national newspapers after blocking access to three printing presses owned by Rupert Murdoch.Protesters targeted Newsprinters presses at Broxbourne in Hertfordshire, Knowsley in Merseyside, and near Motherwell, North Lanarkshire.Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the action by demonstrators across the country was "unacceptable".The Sun tweeted to report copies of the paper would be delayed arriving at newsagents, adding the blockade was an "attack on all the free press".The presses print the Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corp titles including the Sun, the Times, the Sun on Sunday, the Sunday Times, and the Scottish Sun. He stood unsuccessfully in the 2019 European Parliament election in the London constituency as an independent, winning 924 of the 2,241,681 votes cast (0.04%). Boris Johnson calls on the Extinction Rebellion protesters to stop blocking the streets of London. Protesters at the Knowsley site had been cleared by about 10:30 BST "It is completely unacceptable to seek to limit the public's access to news in this way. Severe restrictions on flying would be needed. Extinction Rebellion was launched in 2018 and organisers say it now has groups willing to take action in dozens of countries.The group uses an hourglass inside a circle as its logo, to represent time running out for many species. They also print the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, and the London Evening Standard.Demonstrators have accused the papers of failing to report on climate change.XR used vehicles to block roads to the printing plants, while individual protesters chained themselves to structures.Vans were covered with banners with messages including "Free the truth" and "Refugees are welcome here". "To any small businesses disrupted by the action this morning we say, 'we're sorry. More than 300 people have been arrested during the third day of climate change protests in central London. There are also questions for the police who perhaps placed the right of these few people to protest above the right of the rest of the people to read a free press. "Hertfordshire Police said officers were called to Great Eastern Road near the Broxbourne plant at about 22:00 BST, where they found about 100 protesters who had "secured themselves to structures and one another".By 06:00 delivery lorries had still been unable to leave the site to distribute papers.Officers said 50 people had been arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance.Chief Constable Charlie Hall said the group's action had been "an intentionally disruptive and unacceptable protest that had been pre-planned and carefully co-ordinated to create prolonged disruption to local businesses".Hertfordshire officers arrived "within five minutes of the initial report", he said, however, "the nature of the protest required highly specialist resources and cutting equipment in order to safely remove the protesters from their locations".Each one had to be individually released from a bamboo structure they had erected, Mr Hall added.Although business had resumed at the site, he said officers would remain there to monitor the area.The site had been cleared of protesters by about 10:30 and 30 people had been arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass.Police Scotland said in a statement the protest at the Eurocentral plant near Motherwell "was peaceful and there were no issues".XR has accused the newspapers and their owners of "failure to report on the climate and ecological emergency" and "polluting national debate" on dozens of social issues.The Federation of Independent Retailers condemned the demonstrations, saying members left without supplies of papers were having "to deal with angry customers who are unable to get their daily newspaper".National president Stuart Reddish said it also meant retailers were unable to get papers to elderly and vulnerable customers.