Eco-zealot who dumped glitter on Sir Keir Starmer while demanding ‘democracy’ is a globe-trotting rich kid
THE eco-zealot who dumped glitter on Sir Keir Starmer at the Labour Party conference while demanding “democracy” is a privileged globe-trotting rich kid.
Jobless XR moaner Yaz Ashmawi, 28, studied at a private school in the oil-rich UAE and enjoys a £750,000 second home in Devon.
He has jetted to 13 countries on four continents in ten years, taking holiday snaps for his Instagram account — and making a nonsense of his green pretensions.
Ashmawi — arrested after disrupting Sir Keir’s speech in Liverpool — was raised at his parents’ £1.5million Surrey home.
He relaxes at the family’s flat at Exmouth marina which, when they are not using it, they rent to holidaymakers — a move East Devon MP Simon Jupp has warned is “warping the local rent market”.
He studied at £24,000-a-year Dubai College and has two masters degrees.
He calls himself “a bit of a weird one” on his website and works full time for XR.
He joined 11 other activists in a demo at the House of Lords which caused a five-minute delay.
His latest stunt was for People Demand Democracy.
He was nicked on suspicion of assault, breach of the peace and causing public nuisance.
There was no answer at the family home yesterday.
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