This Is Rigged protesters throw red paint over Scottish Parliament

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Protesters have covered the entrance to the Scottish Parliament in red paint.The stunt was carried out by environmental activists This Is Rigged as part of their demonstrations about food poverty.They reportedly used a fire extinguisher filled with paint to spray the door.The group carried out a similar protests at the UK Government's headquarters in Edinburgh last week.The group also displayed banners which read: "Hunger is a political choice".

Marshall, a 26-year-old fitness instructor who took part in the action, said: “The Tory regime over the last 14 years has done its best to decimate Scotland at every turn."We’re at a point where 1 in 4 people in Scotland have experienced food insecurity in the past year."But the Scottish Government also needs to take responsibility for its own citizens - and meet their legal requirement to provide the right to food for their citizens."As a country with a strong history of civil unrest towards greedy and exploitative systems, this is a continuation of that.

If they won't give us what is rightfully ours it's time to start taking it." The group has said it will continue its demonstrations until supermarkets reduce baby formula to March 2021 prices and the Scottish Government funds the creation of food hubs for every 500 houses in the country.The group interrupted First Minister's Questions at Holyrood nine times on Thursday.Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone said she would review security following the disruption.Theo Milligan, a 21-year-old hospitality worker from Edinburgh, said, “I’m taking action because I can no longer sit by and watch the cost of living crisis unfold in front of me."Food is a basic human right and should not be controlled by money hungry companies."It’s