Greenpeace activists cover Rishi Sunak’s Yorkshire home in black fabric

Four protesters have climbed on to the roof the Prime Minister ‘s Yorkshire home and covered it in black fabric. Activists blanketed the home, in Richmond, North Yorkshire , in protest at Rishi Sunak ‘s announcement earlier this week backing more North Sea oil and gas licences. Philip Evans, UK’s climate campaigner, said: ‘We desperately need our Prime Minister to be a climate leader, not a climate arsonist. ‘Just as wildfires and floods wreck homes and lives around the world, Sunak is committing to a massive expansion of oil and gas drilling. ‘He seems quite happy to hold a blowtorch to the planet if he can score a few political points by sowing division around climate in this country. This is cynical beyond belief. ‘Sunak is even willing to peddle the old myth about new oil and gas helping ordinary people struggling with energy bills when he knows full well it’s not true. ‘More North Sea drilling will only benefit oil giants who stand to make even more billions from it, partly thanks to a giant loophole in Sunak’s own windfall tax.’ Mr Sunak this week vowed to ‘max out’ North Sea oil and gas by issuing hundreds of new development licences. The move was an apparent attempt to draw a dividing line with Labour, which has promised to stop issuing new licecnes in the North Sea if it wins power.