Extinction rebellion co-founder Gail Bradbook has been exposed by a fellow shopper as having a diesel car and importing food from the other side of the world.
The 50-year-old, who helped set up XR in 2018, was spotted out and about at a Waitrose store in Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Bradbook pulled up to supermarket driving a polluting 1.5 litre diesel car.
The mother-of-two loaded her trolley with goods from across the world, stretching from Chile to Cyprus and India to Italy.
The 50-year-old, who helped set up XR in 2018, was spotted out and about at a Waitrose store in Stroud, Gloucestershire
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The items were also swathed in plastic and polythene.
An onlooker told The Sun: “Buying fruit flown halfway round the world in non-recyclable packaging then driving home in a diesel motor — what a towering hypocrite.
“But at least she wasn’t held up on her way home by idiots who glued themselves to the road.”
Images taken of the eco-activist showed where her items were originally from and suggested she is less concerned about items travelling thousands of air miles.
Scientists estimate that transporting food around the world accounts for approximately six per cent of the globe’s greenhouse gas emissions.
The shopper who shared the images with The Sun was described as a 38-year-old web developer.
They suggested Bradbook was a “towering hypocrite” but quipped the XR co-founder was not delayed from getting home by activists gluing themselves to the road.
Bradbook previously defended her choice of car, claiming she had to buy it due to lack of public transport and the high cost of electric vehicles.
The campaign group is planning to send 40,000 to 50,000 activists to London over the weekend
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The eco-zealot also stressed she needed to drive her sons to sports fixtures.
An Extinction Rebellion spokeswoman said last night: “We’re getting on with the real work of building a mass movement that creates a better society, putting people and nature before corporate profit and division.”
The campaign group is planning to send 40,000 to 50,000 activists to London over the weekend.
The protest will clash with the London Marathon on Sunday but Extinction Rebellion has vowed to avoid disruption.
