Protesters also padlocked themselves to gates outside Parliament. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - Activists of the Extinction Rebellion environmental protest group entered Britain's Parliament on Friday and glued themselves around the Speaker's chair.
Parliament is not currently sitting and a spokesperson for the House of Commons said staff were dealing with the situation. They group also hung a banner from scaffolding on the estate and protesters padlocked themselves to gates outside Parliament.
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