Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off Thousands of green activists are on the move across London but location of camp is
still unknown Thousands of green activists poised to descend on a secret location for this summer’s will have to wait a while longer before its location will be revealed. Environmental protesters at dotted around central London had been directed to wait for text messages at noon revealing the secret location. At 12.30 at least three groups received messages to move but the final location has still not been confirmed. The brown/white group were told: “Head north over London bridge and take a tour of the city! Please stay together and keep it slow,” while the group of cyclists at Waterloo were told to head for London Bridge. A third group at St James’s Square have been told to head to Trafalgar Square. The group at the Bank of England have not yet been told to move. Organisers of the camp were reluctant to reveal the location until the first day because they feared that might stop the event from going ahead. The Metropolitan police have promised not to use heavy-handed tactics but have criticised Climate Camp for not cooperating with them over the location. Senior officers have held five meetings with protesters to prepare for the event, which has been promoted on sites such as Facebook and Twitter, saying they intend to use to avoid a repetition of their controversial handling of protests during the G20 summit.
The Met has activated its own Twitter account, , to spread information on its operation. Climate Camp reacted by releasing a video condemning police tactics. The voiceover said: “Judging from past experience the best thing the police could do to ensure the health and safety of Climate Camp in 2009 would be to stay as far away from it as possible.”