Larch Maxey and Eli Rose’s Extinction Rebellion protest enters its third week

Sixteen days ago, two HS2 campaigners climbed the trees in Parliament Square to protest against the controversial high-speed rail project, and their feet haven’t touched the ground since.

Larch Maxey, 48 and Eli Rose, 26, sleep, eat and wash 50ft up in the air above the constant stream of buses, cars and lorries that loop around the square in the centre of London at all times of the day.

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