Commons protesters still there
By Tony Grew - 9th September 2010
Despite an offer from one MP to remove the two protesters camped out on the scaffolding near the clock tower, they are still there 24 hours after they appeared and unfurled various "Troops Home" banners.
The police appear to be playing a waiting game with the two men, and it is reported the pair are using a water bottle to take care of their bodily needs.
Two Met police officers are camped out in the Daily Telegraph's Commons office - the protesters are right outside their window.
Tobias Ellwood (Con, Bournemouth East) revealed at business questions today that he had offered to get them down.
"I cycled into Parliament this morning, only to be greeted by yet another protester who had breached security and remains as we speak on the side of the scaffolding of this building," he said.
"I then approached the police who were standing underneath and said 'Why hasn't an arrest been made?' and they came back with that British ubiquitous justification for inertia - health and safety.
"I then offered myself to go up and make a citizen's arrest and I was told to move on - or I would be arrested."
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