Extinction Rebellion eco-mob take over city centres across UK after grinding London to a halt and threatening Heathrow

EXTINCTION Rebellion protesters have taken over city centres across the UK.

Earlier this year, the lefty mob brought central London to a grinding halt earlier this year with demands for environmental action.

Today they’ve launched a five-day “summer uprising” in Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds and London by placing five colourful boats to block the roads and bring traffic to a standstill.

The group is calling for the government to declare a climate emergency.

The activists say they are staging a series of “creative acts of civil disobedience”, blocking specific locations, bridges and roads.

In Glasgow, a 25-foot purple boat is being used to block the Trongate area of the city centre.

The protesters are targeting the financial district in Leeds to highlight the links between banking and the climate and ecological emergency.

A large green boat has been set up on the grass in the Welsh capital outside Cardiff Castle as commuters suffered delays during rush house this morning.

They also set up tents in front or Cardiff City Hall as the eco-warriors appeared to set up camp in a sign there will be more disruption in the coming days.

Stephen Lingwood, 37, from Extinction Rebellion Cardiff, said: “People are dying right now of climate chaos in places like India. It’s only going to get worse.

“We’re at the beginning of the sixth mass extinction and a climate genocide and the Government’s inaction is, in my view, criminally irresponsible.”

A blue boat is parked in front of the Royal Courts of Justice in London as demonstrators sit in the road.

Each boat that has been unveiled is named after an environmental activist withe message “Act Now” on it.

Police have said the road closures could affect the emergency service’s ability to respond to incidents.

In April, the environment “rebels” launched a range of attention-grabbing tactics to gain headlines, and prompt politicians into taking action to “avoid irreversible climate change and ecological collapse” over the course of 11 days..

The activists brought parts of busy London to a standstill with widespread demonstrations.

They blocked routes around Marble Arch, Oxford Circus, Parliament Square and Waterloo Bridge.

During the eco-warrrior’s takeover of the capital, more than a thousand people were arrested.

There was maximum disruption at roadblocks in the capital last month where the volunteers deliberately got themselves arrested.

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