Police Attempt to Remove Climate Activists Blocking Nuclear Base

An all-female group of protesters who have blocked the North Gate of the Faslane Naval Base in Gare Loch, near Helensburgh, as part of the International Peace Lotus Campaign, on April 30, 2021. XR Scotland via PA

Police have begun trying to remove climate activists who have blockaded the Faslane nuclear base by attaching themselves to giant plant pots. Members of Extinction Rebellion Scotland, alongside peace activists from Trident Ploughshares, are staging a protest at the north gate of the base on the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute.

The all-female group placed three planters, which contain plants and flowers, and are painted with the words “Safe,” “Green,” and “Future” on the road on Friday morning.