News in Brief: Greta Thunberg Has Told Young Protesters That Politicians Attending COP26 Are “Pretending To Take Our Future Seriously”

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has told young protesters that politicians attending COP26 are “pretending to take our future seriously”.

The arrival of world leaders in Glasgow for the COP26 summit triggered a series of demos across the city. Greta attended one of dozens taking place.

She told fellow activists it was all a load of ‘blah blah blah’ and they were all on a jaunt and would do nothing or too little far too late.  

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