Emergency services have cordoned off the area surrounding Big Ben after a man scaled one of the buildings in the Palace of Westminster.

Video on social media shows a barefoot man stood on a ledge holding a Palestinian flag several metres up Elizabeth Tower, which houses the Westminster clock and its world-famous bell.

At least nine emergency service vehicles lined Bridge Street in central London and crowds looked on from beyond a police cordon.

  • Jackthelad@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Wait until he finds out we can do fuck all about Israel-Palestine and he’s just wasted his time climbing a tower for nothing.

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      19 hours ago

      Winning mindshare is not nothing. He made the news without hurting anyone that is a big win.

      We just saw Columbia university getting -$400.000.000 because of student protesters. These actions have delayed effect.

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        18 hours ago

        Columbia university is relevant to the conflict, because the US actually have a big stake in providing military aid to Israel.

        We have no power over what happens there.