A 69-year-old protester climbed to the very top of a huge crane at a Nine Elms building site and has spent the night after unfurling a Palestinian flag as police try to talk him down.The Metropolitan Police spent Tuesday (June 15) attempting to speak to the man after he climbed about 100 metres to the top of the crane between Battersea Power Station and the Sky Pool at just before 4am.On Wednesday morning the Met confirmed they were still trying to speak to the man, and road closures remained in place.
One of the few people tweeting about him said that "He has little water and no sleeping bag, yet, he won't come down until #Palestine is trending again."
I'm sure that there is a Knesset meeting happening now about what to do.
This is pro-Palestinian activism in a nutshell - instead of actually helping Palestinians, they resort to gimmicks and stunts. Not to mention that they end up tying up police and firefighters from actually saving the lives of people who need it.
