'Up a tree everything takes longer': HS2 campaigners protest high above parliament
by Jessica Murray from Environment | The Guardian on (#589MD)
Larch Maxey and Eli Rose's HS2 Rebellion protest enters its third week
Sixteen days ago, two HS2 campaigners climbed the trees in Parliament Square to protest against the controversial high-speed rail project, and their feet haven't touched the ground since.
Larch Maxey, 48, and Eli Rose, 26, sleep, eat and wash 15 metres (50ft) up in the air above the constant stream of buses, cars and lorries that loop around the square in the centre of London at all times of the day.
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