'Selfish and disruptive': Councillors call to stop illegal eco protests

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'Selfish and disruptive': Councillors call to stop illegal eco protests
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They will call on members to publicly condemn eco protestors, and demand an end to illegal demonstrations.

Protestors dressed as corpses at Barclays bank in Shrewsbury town centre in November

Protestors pretended to be corpses in Shrewsbury's branch recently and would not leave, and several Shropshire people were arrested by police and charged after chaining themselves up inside a Barclays branch in Cardiff. The protestors were demonstrating against the bank's fossil fuel investments. "This is an issue that has impact on Shropshire residents and businesses caught up in these protests. Local Shropshire businesses have lost many hours over the past few months with the disruption. This is at a time when both residents and businesses across Shropshire are already being hit with higher costs and can ill afford the additional costs of unlawful protests."

It asks members to support the statement that"as a council we are supportive of the UK Government’s ambition to make this country a clean energy superpower and is proud of the UK’s overall record on cutting greenhouse emissions.

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