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Constantine said, “From my point of view as an individual, I am not comfortable funding groups that restrict newspapers.”
He said that Lush had given Extinction Rebellion money in two installments in 2017 and 2018, but that the organization had now grown too large in any case to receive more funding from Lush.
The main street chain, he said, funds smaller charities and causes.
Stanley Johnson warned Tuesday that Extinction Rebellion would lose support if the organization continues to break the law and impede free speech.
Seventy-seven activists have been indicted for Friday night protests in which two printing presses (one in Broxbourne in Hertfordshire and the other in Knowsley in Merseyside) were blocked, preventing delivery of editions of The Telegraph, The Times , The Sun and Daily Mail.
Johnson, an environmental activist, said: “I support the goals of Extinction Rebellion, but it has always been clear to me that they should act within the law. I am as sorry as anyone else that freedom of expression appears to be unnecessarily hampered.
“It’s a pivotal moment and I would say I still sympathize with Extinction Rebellion, but what you need to do is be careful not to lose a natural following like me.”
