Arron Banks jokes about Greta Thunberg and `freak yachting accidents`
(The Guardian World News)

MPs, celebrities and academics criticise `disgraceful´ comment by Brexit backer Arron Banks has been criticised after he appeared to wish harm upon Greta Thunberg as the 16-year-old activist set sail across the Atlantic in a solar-powered yacht on a zero-carbon two-week voyage.The controversial Brexit backer warned the teenager that `freak yachting accidents do happen in August` as he responded to a tweet by Green party MP Caroline Lucas who said Thunberg was carrying `the vital message to the UN that time is running out to address the climate emergency`. Continue reading...