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<p><strong>Extinction Rebellion protesters called off their blockade of Heathrow Airport in case celebrity agitator Emma Thompson wanted to return to the US.</strong></p>
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<p>The actress was so concerned about the impact of flying on the climate that she flew 5,600 miles from Los Angeles just to make her point.</p>
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<p>Once she had got herself on the news, she was free to hop back on a huge aircraft to fly half-way around the world again, generating 1.67 tonnes of CO2 in the process.</p>
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<p>It's thought the protesters, who have brought central London to a standstill, decided against trying to ground aircraft from Heathrow when it emerged Thompson might want to take her umpteenth flight of the year.</p>
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<p>Crusty-haired, middle-class, jobless climate change protester Lorraine Fisher, 34, said: "We are dead against people flying - it damages the environment and we are all going to die.</p>
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<p>"It was lovely of  Emma Thompson to fly in from LA to join us."</p>
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<p>Meanwhile, police say they have nothing better to do rather than standing around watching people breaking the law and blocking bridges, Oxford Street and Parliament Square.</p>
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<p>One officer insisted: "We have arrested around 400 of them, but the journeys in gas-guzzling police vans to and from the nick are probably defeating the object."</p>
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