XR protester admits: ‘We got it wrong’

An Extinction Rebellion activist who enraged commuters by climbing on top of a Tube train admitted: ‘We got it wrong.’ Mark Ovland, 38 and his fellow protester James Mee, 37, unfurled a banner saying ‘business as usual = death’ as angry passengers bombarded them with coins, coffee and sandwiches. Mee was eventually pulled onto the platform at Canning Tube station and kicked by commuters during the morning rush-hour on 17 October 2019. Edmund Blackman, prosecuting, said the pair were only…