East Kent Against Fracking campaigners bumped into McBusted outside Downing Street
Published: 00:01, 14 December 2014
East Kent Against Fracking campaigners bumped into McBusted and a host of other celebs outside Downing Street last week.
The anti-fracking campaign group based in Deal arrived at 10 Downing Street on UN Human Rights Day to hand deliver a letter to the Prime Minister.
It was signed by 205 UK resident groups in support of a report calling for a suspension of fracking on human rights grounds. While they were there the group also bumped into a number of celebrities attending a children's charity party.
Speaking about the report, Ms Wassmer said: “There is a democratic deficit on the issue of fracking in this country. We did not vote for fracking and it is clear to us that the Government seeks to ignore the widespread opposition to fracking in the UK due its overriding commitment to shale.
“This opposition is clearly evidenced by the fact that there are currently over 200 residents’ groups actively campaigning against fracking in the UK - 205 of these groups have now signed a letter demanding that our Government acts upon the findings of a recent report, A Human Rights Assessment of Hydraulic Fracturing and Other Unconventional Gas Development in the UK.”
The report, commissioned by the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, identifies human rights legislation which the government has a responsibility to respect relating to life and security of a person’s water and health, home and private life and public participation in the decision-making processes for environmental matters.
The report claims that fracking potentially violates these and could breach the rights of future generations as well as the human rights issues of climate change.
Unbeknownst to the campaigners, it was also the day of the Starlight's Christmas Foundation party hosted by George Osbourne at number 11.
Celebrities including band McBusted, and singers Professor Green and Ella Eyre stopped to take 'selfies' outside the Prime Minister's residence. Julie Wassmer and Gayzer Frackman even got a picture with the band.
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