Eco-activists poured jam on the bust of Queen Victoria and wrote an obscene word on the pedestal (3 photos + 1 video)
In this way, activists drew attention to world hunger.
Sorcha Ní Mhaertín, 30, and Hannah Taylor, 23, from the This is Rigged campaign, poured porridge and jam on a bust of Queen Victoria in Glasgow and then wrote the obscene word "c***c". The activists said the protest was based on the lack of food in the world and they refused to return to the Victorian era, when only the rich ate and the poor starved.
This is Rigged said it will continue to hold similar promotions until its demands are met. Campaigners are calling for baby food prices to be cut and food hubs to be created across Scotland.
Both activists were detained by the police. After being charged he was released but ordered to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court at a later date. The case was also sent to the prosecutor's office.
The official This is Rigged account posted that activists associate the protest with the increased incidence of rickets due to poor nutrition, DailyMail reports.
Diseases such as rickets, which once plagued Victorian slums, have now risen sharply in Scotland, with 356 diagnoses in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area last year. This public health crisis is a direct result of our government's chronic inaction on Scotland's food insecurity crisis, caused by greed and profiteering and exacerbated by climate collapse, campaigners said.
The museum containing the bust of Queen Victoria is open, but the damage is still being assessed. The hall where the bust stands is temporarily closed.