Johnson mocks Extinction Rebellion protesters

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has mocked the Extinction Rebellion protesters, who were demanding action on climate change, on the streets of London, and termed them “uncooperative crusties”, it was reported on Tuesday.
Speaking at a book launch, Johnson said on Monday night: “I am afraid that the security people didn’t want me to come along tonight because they said the road was full of uncooperative crusties and protesters of all kinds littering the road.
“They said there was some risk that I would be egged,” the BBC reported.
Johnson added that the protesters could learn from late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who he said had taken the issue of greenhouse gases seriously long before activists such as Sweden’s Greta Thunberg were born.
“I hope that when we go out from this place tonight and we are waylaid by importunate nose-ringed climate change protesters, we remind them that she was also right about greenhouse gases.” Extinction Rebellion activists were protesting in cities around the world, including New York, Berlin, Amsterdam and Sydney.