The Daily Mail's offices in Kensington, west London, were targeted by climate change campaigners this afternoon, which would normally be the cue for a clumsy pun about the amount of hot air the paper produces. This is a serious subject, however, so we merely report that up to 20 activists descended on Northcliffe House just after lunchtime, attempting to reach the building's impressive foyer by charging through reception.
Fortunately for Mail journalists, and those from other titles – including the Indy and the London Evening Standard – who work alongside them, the protesters were repelled, and subsequently fled over the road to Kensington Park, where there is currently a heavy police presence, according to Mail insiders.
Earlier today, demonstrators arrived at the Royal Bank of Scotland's offices, choosing it because it invests in fossil fuel projects, and superglued themselves to the office floor. The offices of the PR firm Edelman, which climate change protesters claim has been retained by E.on to lobby for a new coal-fired power station in Kent, have also been targeted, and the same group protested outside the Treasury yesterday.
Quite why the Mail's publisher Associated Newspapers has been singled out is unclear, after last year's sterling work on banning plastic bags, but we look forward to reading the paper's take on all this tomorrow.
