From the UK Sun:
EASTER GETAWAY THREAT Extinction Rebellion eco-warriors plot to shut down HEATHROW tomorrow as millions start Easter Getaway
Activists - who have already caused chaos across the capital by blocking landmarks for the past four days - said they were "raising the bar" to target the busiest airport in the UK ahead of the long weekend.
In internal messages seen by the Sun Online, protesters were told: "Tomorrow we raise the bar. We are going to shut down Heathrow."
Rebels - who have already blocked Waterloo Bridge, Vauxhall Bridge and Oxford Circus in four days of illegal demos this week - vowed to "swarm" the airport.
The group described the dramatic new tactic as an "escalation strategy".
The plot threatens to throw the Easter plans of 800,000 passengers expected to travel through the airport into chaos tomorrow.
Extinction Rebellion spokesman Robin Boardman - the former public schoolboy who stormed off Sky News after host Adam Boulton called him "middle class and self-indulgent" yesterday - said: "This will be standard swarming process. If there are lots of us, there will be a low risk of arrest.
This organization has gotten very large and very well organised in the last couple of months. Who is funding them and what is their real agenda. I still think we need to bring back the pillory. Be kind and gentle about it - keep them in a nice warm jail cell for most of the time but lock them in the pillory in a very populous place for six hours/day and let them be mocked and harangued by the general public. You could bring in a nice revenue stream selling rotten tomatoes and eggs. Do this for a couple of months and I guarantee you these little turd-blossoms will change their mind.
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