Wes Streeting heckled by climate protesters at Fabian Society address
Wes Streeting heckled by climate protesters at Fabian Society address
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Speech calling for unity against ‘populist right’ interrupted by two women opposed to Drax power plant subsidies. Wes Streeting was heckled by climate protesters during a speech calling on progressives to stand up to the “populist right”. Two women shouted at the health secretary as he addressed the Fabian Society, urging the centre-left to take on the “miserablist, declinist vision” being offered by figures such as the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage.
Both demonstrators were quickly removed from the conference hall by security, but one told PA Media she was protesting against the continued subsidisation of Drax power station in North Yorkshire. One woman, who gave her name as Ellie, said: “Labour promised change and we voted for them because we wanted change, and they are continuing to subsidise.
“We still believe that there’s time for them to make a difference, but they need to end the subsidies now.”. After his speech, Streeting joked: “I can’t believe there were only two.”. In his keynote speech, Streeting accused Farage of offering a “miserablist, declinist” vision for Britain.
“The populist right are coming for us and we need to be serious about beating them,” he said. “The crux of Farage’s argument is this: what was possible in the 20th century isn’t possible in the 21st. It’s a miserablist, declinist vision for Britain’s future.
