Arron Banks jokes about Greta Thunberg and 'freak yachting accidents'
by Mattha Busby from Environment | The Guardian on (#4NAD6)
MPs, celebrities and academics criticise 'disgraceful' comment by Brexit backer
Arron Banks has been criticised after he appeared to wish harm upon Greta Thunberg as the 16-year-old activist set sail across the Atlantic in a solar-powered yacht on a zero-carbon two-week voyage.
The controversial Brexit backer warned the teenager that "freak yachting accidents do happen in August" as he responded to a tweet by Green party MP Caroline Lucas who said Thunberg was carrying "the vital message to the UN that time is running out to address the climate emergency".
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