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Climate groups wage war on ARC

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Dear oh dear. The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference almost got through its entire meet-up without much interference from lefty activists. But as it threatened to come to a peaceful close this afternoon, the eco-zealots stepped in.

Environmental justice group Fossil Free London has taken to Twitter to rally fellow climate comrades in a bid to ‘shut down the far right’s party’. Posting a series of garish clips on social media, Fossil Free London has warned its supporters that the ‘world’s worst climate deniers and far right goons’ are planning – wait for it – a ‘luxury party’ in celebration of this year’s conference. How scandalous!

The lefty group has dubbed Jordan Peterson’s ARC meet as ‘the Glastonbury of climate deniers’, insisting:

It brings together the pro-Trump and pro-oil rich, backed by the owners of GB News. Speakers include: climate deniers, think tanks criticised by LGBTQ+ groups, Nigel Farage and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.

Golly! It adds disdainfully: ‘Now they want to have an afterparty to celebrate this hateful event.’ Truly terrible stuff.

Despite their outrage, the eco-activists seem a little unsure about how to protest the party. Relying on social media traction, Fossil Free London has urged its followers to repost its graphic, express their disappointment at the venue hosting this evening’s event over email and, er, leave bad reviews on Google. That’ll teach them, eh?

Not that the left’s attempt at censorship seems to be garnering much attention this time – with less than 1,000 people having seen the post. It’s a bad day to be an eco warrior…

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