Dr Gail Bradbrook at the Barclays
bank site in Stroud today
Stroud New
06 May, 2017
PROTESTERS have graffitied Barclays
bank in Stroud to show their displeasure at the company’s investment in
fracking.
The slogan #ToxicBankers, FRACK OFF and DIVEST NOW
have been spray painted on the side of the King Street bank by the group Rising
Up!
They claim the bank has a 97 per cent stake in Third
Energy, a corporation seeking fracking in the Ryedale area of Yorkshire, they
say this places them “on the wrong side of history”.
On top of this they also say Barclays are the banker
for and fourth largest investor in IGas Energy, which has the most oil and gas
exploration licences in the UK
Police officers are on the site of the Stroud protest,
but merely to ensure the campaigners are acting peacefully and are not
disturbing the public.
A spokesperson for Rising Up! who was on megaphone
duties in Stroud, Dr Gail Bradbrook, said: "We’ve had enough of the
pretence that Britain has a real democracy.
"It’s all about lining the pockets of rich
people, banks and corporations, and that’s not good for anyone ultimately.
"It’s time the British people started to rise up,
it’s the only way things will change."
The campaigners state that because the graffiti was
applied with chalk paint it will wash off with water and not damage the
building.
One member, George Barda, said: "Fracking is
plain dangerous. There are plenty of examples of fracking trashing land and
making water toxic, it’s been banned in loads of places as a result.
"Starting it here is madness. Those in charge
ignore the inconvenient facts of climate change and don’t give a damn about
what happens to local communities.
"We are doing this in solidarity with those
fighting fracking and oil pipelines here and overseas."
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a drilling
method which uses high-pressure water to release shale gas deposits from the
ground….
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