Greenpeace Scales Sunak’s Manor House in Protest Against Oil Drilling

Greenpeace activists drape Rishi Sunak's property in black fabric, in Richmond, UK, on Aug. 3.Photographer: Luca Marino/Greenpeace/PA

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By THE PRESS ASSOCIATION (Sam Blewett, PA Deputy Political Editor)

August 3, 2023 at 8:34 AM UTC

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Greenpeace activists have said they have scaled Rishi Sunak's mansion in protest against his new drilling "frenzy".

The campaigners said they had draped the Prime Minister's manor house in North Yorkshire with an oily-black fabric to "drive home the dangerous consequences".