A Labour MP has been condemned after praising Extinction Rebellion for ‘excellent work’ after they blocked the printworks of most of Britain’s major newspapers. Dawn Butler, the Member of Parliament for Brent, tweeted applause for the attack on the free press, after the blockade meant many were unable to receive their newspapers, including The Telegraph, this morning. Some questioned whether she would be sanctioned by the Labour leadership for her tweet, which was hastily deleted after she received thousands of angry replies. Conservative MP for Guildford Angela Richardson responded, tweeting: “Anyone who applauds this behaviour genuinely fails to understand the gravity of this action. It’s utterly unacceptable.”
