Climate protesters rework Spice Girls song to disrupt Barclays AGM
Barclays’ annual general meeting has been disrupted by climate activists condemning the bank’s role as one of Europe’s largest funders of fossil fuels – including a choir singing a Spice Girls hit with reworked lyrics.
Dozens of activists from groups including Fossil Free London and Extinction Rebellion UK began their action less than five minutes into the meeting where its chair, Nigel Higgins, was addressing shareholders at the QEII Centre in Westminster, central London.
The choir was the first to interrupt, with a rendition of the Spice Girls song Stop. Reworking the 90s classic’s lyrics, the group sang: “Stop right now, no more oil and gas, stop burning fossil fuels and end this madness … hey you, burning up the earth, gotta stop it now baby we have had enough … you dirty, dirty bank.”
<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>HAPPENING NOW: I’m at @Barclays AGM where a choir has disrupted the meeting with a rendition of ‘Stop’ by the Spice Girls Read more on theguardian.com
