Two people have been arrested following an Extinction Rebellion protest in Glasgow.
Several people gathered for protests outside the Barclay’s branch holding signs that read “stop funding Rosebank” and “this is an intervention”.
They claimed the protest was part of Extinction Rebellion and Money Rebellion’s UK-wide ‘Better without Barclay’s” campaign.
Myke Hall of Extinction Rebellion Scotland said: "Barclays are putting up the money to develop Rosebank.
"They want to extract and burn millions of barrels of oil to get even richer.
"It's disgustingly greedy and it's violence against all life. We will not tolerate it"
Alex Cochrane, also from Extinction Rebellion Scotland, added: “Barclays are the biggest funders of fossil fuel in Europe.
"Their greed is exploiting and creating a future of famine, displaced people and global suffering.
"We all know we need to wean ourselves off fossil fuels.
"We all know the climate crisis is already hitting us yet Barclays still refuses to do the right thing for us.
"For all our sakes, they must stop using our money to fund fossil fuels."
Two arrests have been made after windows were allegedly smashed at Barclays offices at Clyde Place Quay, police confirmed.
A Police Scotland Spokesperson said: “Around 8.10am on Monday 14 November, 2022 police were made aware of damage to a property in Kingston Street, Glasgow.
Officers attended and two men have been arrested. Enquiries are ongoing.”
Barclay’s has been contacted for comment.
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article