Blair told: Stand up to Bush18 July 2001
President George W. Bush is due in the UK for talks with Prime Minister Tony Blair later this week. To mark Bush's first visit to the UK - Friends of the Earth Climate Change protestors held a pre-talks protest outside Parliament.
Combining banners and street theatre their message was simple - Blair must stand up to Bush during the climate talks and support the Kyoto Protocol climate treaty.The Protocol is the only international agreement to cut the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.
Blair offers a place on board the climate treaty life raft...
Although the UK has promised to meet it's Kyoto targets - the treaty is in danger since the US decision to pull out.
...but Bush prefers the colour of the Texas oilman's money
Thousands of people around the world contributed
photographs and personal messages to the banners
which will be used during a rally at the Bonn climate
talks later this week.
© Keith Sheriff/Friends of the Earth
