Article 6DQRF Cancelling Greenpeace contradicts Tory free-speech pledge but suits anti-Labour campaign

Cancelling Greenpeace contradicts Tory free-speech pledge but suits anti-Labour campaign

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Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
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Cutting ties with green charity is part of culture war campaign to associate Labour with lefty lawyers' and eco mobs'

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Scaling Rishi Sunak's empty home to drape it in black fabric in protest at oil drilling is not the first time Greenpeace has targeted the home of senior politicians.

The environmental group surrounded David Cameron's Cotswolds cottage in 2014 to campaign against his support for fracking, and mounted the roof of John Prescott's home in 2005 in a demonstration against the government's slowness on climate targets. It has also previously carried out stunts at Sunak's North Yorkshire mansion.

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