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		</div><p>Insurance tycoon Arron Banks has come under fire for a tweet about 16-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg.</p>
<p>The Leave.EU founder responded to a post by Green party MP Caroline Lucas about Greta’s voyage across the Atlantic on a racing yacht, writing: “Freak yachting accidents do happen in August …”</p>
<p>He later tweeted that it was a “joke” after his comment sparked outrage from social media users.</p>
<p>Among those to criticise his post was actress Amanda Abbington, who tweeted: <i>“You’re wishing a potentially fatal accident onto a sixteen year old girl, why..?”</i></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-138282" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/E8ADB199-54A3-4769-AB3F-67E99A69589A.png" alt="Aaron Banks tweet about Greta thunberg" width="600" height="736" /></p>
<p>She had earlier written: “<i>If you are a grown up, fully-fledged adult and you are mocking this young girl for trying to save the planet then I genuinely feel sorry for you.”</i></p>
<p>One Twitter user responded to Mr Banks’ post by saying: “You know she’s 16, right?” while another described his comment as “despicable”.</p>
<p>Mr Banks later defended his post and, in response to another tweet which highlighted the fact Greta was a child, he said: <i>“Quite and one being used. Obviously I don’t hope she encounters a freak yachting accident! I just enjoy watching the ludicrous tweeter mob following the next outrage …”</i></p>
<p>He also replied to someone accusing him of showing “his true colours”, saying: <i>“It was a joke .. you lefties have no sense of humour …”</i></p>
<p>Greta is embarking on a two-week voyage across the Atlantic on a carbon-neutral racing yacht, the Malizia II, so she can attend high-profile climate events without using planes or cruise ships which emit greenhouse gas emissions.</p>
<p>This “school strike” have inspired a global protest movement by young people demanding urgent action on climate change.</p>
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