Caroline Lucas

4 weeks ago | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Tim Smedley |Caroline Lucas

Rupert Read, who helped launch Extinction Rebellion (XR), has long had doubts about the tactics of climate activists. He pauses halfway through our Zoom call with Caroline Lucas, former Green MP, to reminisce about the early days of XR, and introducing Lucas “to the wild crowd outside parliament…at the first ever Extinction Rebellion action in London, October 31, 2018!” He still remembers the date with ease; it was a foundational time for him and for many climate activists.