Westminster Abbey: JSO activists spray-paint Charles Darwin grave
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Two climate activists are in police custody for spraying chalk paint on the Westminster Abbey grave.

Climate protest group Just Stop Oil (JSO) said two activists used chalk paint on the grave of the famous naturalist, who is best known for his theories on evolution.

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    “We’ve done it on Darwin’s grave specifically because he would be turning in that grave because of the sixth mass extinction taking place now.”

    Ms Lee added: “I believe he would approve because he was a good scientist and he would be following the science, and he would be as upset as us with the government for ignoring the science.”

    I think that they’re wrong about what can make the public more concerned about global warming, but they may have a point about what Darwin would have thought of the modern day.