{"id":2518588,"date":"2025-12-08T02:08:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tax-the-rich-protesters-vandalize-crown-jewels-display-in-tower-of-london\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T02:11:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:11:01","slug":"tax-the-rich-protesters-vandalize-crown-jewels-display-in-tower-of-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tax-the-rich-protesters-vandalize-crown-jewels-display-in-tower-of-london\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tax the rich\u2019 protesters vandalize Crown Jewels display in Tower of London"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftax-the-rich-protesters-vandalize-crown-jewels-display-in-tower-of-london%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2518588&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>protesters from the UK group &#8220;Take Back Power&#8221; vandalized the Crown Jewels display at the tower of London by throwing apple crumble and custard at it as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-caitlin-clark-boos-her-own-team-during-painful-wnba-all-star-game\/\" title=\"Watch: Caitlin Clark Boos Her Own Team During Painful WNBA All-Star Game\">political statement advocating<\/a> for taxing the rich. The incident occurred on a Saturday morning and involved two activists who wore shirts with the group&#8217;s name and held a banner stating, &#8220;democracy has crumbled. Tax the rich.&#8221; Four people were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage, and the exhibit was temporarily closed during the police investigation. The group condemned wealth inequality, claiming the super-rich avoid paying their fair share of taxes and calling for a citizen-led assembly to give ordinary people power over taxation policies. UK authorities condemned the vandalism as unacceptable behavior, distinguishing it from lawful protest. &#8220;Take Back Power&#8221; describes itself as a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >nonviolent civil resistance movement focused<\/a> on empowering the 99% through democratic reforms.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">&lsquo;Tax the rich&rsquo; protesters vandalize Crown Jewels display in Tower of London<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2424678\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Tax the rich&rdquo; protesters vandalized a display case of the Crown Jewels in the Tower of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/london\/\">London<\/a> in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\">United Kingdom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two members of the group &ldquo;Take Back Power&rdquo; threw popular British dessert menu options, apple crumble and yellow custard, at the display on Saturday. The political stunt occurred at 9:50 a.m. local time, according to reports. Both vandals wore black shirts with the words &ldquo;Take Back Power&rdquo; on them and held a black banner in front of the display case after throwing the food, which read, &ldquo;Democracy has crumbled. Tax the rich.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3910081\/abbott-predicts-doom-crockett-if-she-enters-senate-race\/\">Abbott predicts doom for Crockett if she enters crowded Texas Senate race<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3910069\/mtg-zero-plans-for-political-future-after-resignation\/\">MTG says she has &#8216;zero plans&#8217; for political future after House resignation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3910048\/ndaa-text-final-house-senate-2026\/\">NDAA text neglects IVF expansion, housing but includes China restrictions and war authorization repeals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Crown Jewels display was briefly closed after the incident, and local law enforcement officials <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/crown-jewels-custard-crumble-protest-tower-london-b4fbacd9ff3d70afe5db9ba20584426a\">reported<\/a> arresting four people involved.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Officers worked closely with City of London Police and security officers and four people have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage. They have taken into custody,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/united-kingdom\/tower-london-closed-custard-crumble-thrown-crown-jewels-rcna247728\">said<\/a> London&rsquo;s Metropolitan Police. &ldquo;The Tower has been closed to the public while the police investigation continues.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The group <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/takebackpower.net\/2025\/12\/06\/democracy-has-crumbled-take-back-power-crumble-and-custard-the-crown-jewels\/\">claimed<\/a> responsibility for the act in a story posted to its webpage. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At around 09:50 this morning, two Take Back Power supporters covered the glass containing the crown jewels in custard and apple crumble,&rdquo; TBP said. &ldquo;They then held a sign which read&nbsp; &lsquo;DEMOCRACY HAS CRUMBLED- TAX THE RICH&rsquo;. By around 10:30, the two action takers and two others had been taken into custard-y by police.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>TBP released a statement regarding the vandalism, claiming the &ldquo;super-rich&rdquo; are not concerned with the plight &ldquo;of working people.&rdquo; They also demanded &ldquo;real democracy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Since 2011, the poorest 10% of households have paid a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-no-2-in-nation-for-inbound-tobacco-smuggling-report-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"New York No. 2 in nation for inbound tobacco smuggling: Report - Washington Examiner\">combined tax rate<\/a> of 44% on their income and wealth gains, while the richest paid 22%,&rdquo; said a TBP spokesperson. &ldquo;Our political class, be it this government, Reform or Tory, serve the super-rich; they do not care about working people. That&rsquo;s why we must demand real democracy, with ordinary people at the heart of decision making, through a citizen-led assembly that has the power to tax the rich.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>United Kingdom Minister of State for Policing and Crime Sarah Jones condemned the act, calling it &ldquo;disgraceful,&rdquo; according to the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is a clear difference between the democratic right to protest and unacceptable behavior,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cpd61w22e3no\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Jones.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Two of the people involved in the vandalism had comments posted on the TBP website, rebuking the &ldquo;wealth inequality&rdquo; and demanding societal change in the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Britain is broken because the super-rich are pocketing billions, whilst working people struggle to get by,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/takebackpower.net\/2025\/12\/06\/democracy-has-crumbled-take-back-power-crumble-and-custard-the-crown-jewels\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Miriam Cranch, one of the TBP members who &ldquo;took action&rdquo; on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This wealth inequality is leading us towards civil unrest, and it doesn&rsquo;t have to be this way,&rdquo; Cranch added. &ldquo;Billionaires should not pay a lower tax rate on wealth they generate doing nothing, than those of us working jobs. It&rsquo;s time ordinary people get a say on how to tax wealth with a permanent House of the People.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3907849\/house-appropriators-eye-smaller-spending-deal-avoid-nightmare-january\/\"><strong>HOUSE APPROPRIATORS EYE SMALLER SPENDING DEAL TO AVOID &lsquo;NIGHTMARE&rsquo; JANUARY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zahra Ali claimed the U.K. was &ldquo;crumbling&rdquo; before everyone&rsquo;s eyes and demanded the affluent &ldquo;pay their fair share&rdquo; in order to &ldquo;fix Britain.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our country is crumbling before our eyes!&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/takebackpower.net\/2025\/12\/06\/democracy-has-crumbled-take-back-power-crumble-and-custard-the-crown-jewels\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Ali. &ldquo;We have homeless people dying on the very streets that King Charles passed on his way to the coronation, whilst there are more empty homes than unhoused people in this country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s time the ultra rich pay their fair share,&rdquo; Ali added. &ldquo;We demand a permanent House of the People. It&rsquo;s time to take back power, tax the rich and fix Britain!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Take Back Power&nbsp;describes itself as &ldquo;a nonviolent civil resistance group in the UK&rdquo; with the intention of putting the &ldquo;99% in charge through citizen&rsquo;s assemblies.&rdquo; A summary of the group on its website claims its members &ldquo;are ordinary people from all walks of life&rdquo; who believe taxing the rich is a necessary requirement to &ldquo;fix Britain.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We want the people to decide how we tax the rich through a legally-binding citizen&rsquo;s assembly &ndash; A House of the People,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/takebackpower.net\/\">reads<\/a> the TBP website. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s time for the 99% to have 99% of a say!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tax the rich&#8217; protesters throw dessert at Crown Jewels display<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2518589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Crown-Jewels.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[65601,4542,68401,68400,16384],"class_list":["post-2518588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-crown-jewels","tag-protest","tag-tax-the-rich","tag-tower-of-london","tag-vandalism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Crown-Jewels.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2518588"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2518592,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518588\/revisions\/2518592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2518589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2518588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2518588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2518588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}