THIS is the shocking moment Keir Starmer was confronted by a climate protester accusing him of wanting to put her "in prison". 

The Labour leader was taken on by eco-activist Lauren MacDonald on Tuesday over the party’s call for an immediate and nationwide court injunction to be taken out against disruptive campaigns to raise awareness of the climate emergency.

Starmer was on a campaign visit in Glasgow and following a press conference was accosted by the 21-year old member of the group Green New Deal Rising.

She said: “Why do you think people like me deserve to go to prison?

“You said that the UK Government should use a UK-wide injunction on protesters.

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“The IPCC released a report last week that said we are on a trajectory for 3.2C of warming by the end of the century.

“My future doesn’t currently exist. You need to make it exist for me. That is your responsibility as a person in a position of power.”

The Labour leader replied: “That is why I put those plans on the table at our conference.”

A party aide then told MacDonald they should “give you some more information on this” before leading Starmer away from the confrontation.

He was taken away into the building adjoining the grounds of Glasgow Perthshire FC while MacDonald followed.

She said: “You have a responsibility to safeguard my future and I’m scared and you’re not currently doing it for me.

“Please do more. This comes from place of compassion and fear.

“I don’t want my future to be taken away from me, it’s not fair.”

Speaking afterwards, MacDonald said she was suffering from stress-related hair loss because she was so worried about the climate crisis.

She said: “It keeps me up at night, it brings me to tears on almost a daily basis.”

It comes after the Labour Party called on the UK Government to crack down on climate protesters who have been blocking access to oil terminals for days, demanding the UK Government stops new fossil fuel projects.

Labour’s shadow justice secretary Steve Reid said protesters were causing “misery” for drivers.

Speaking in Glasgow today, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said protests had to be “proportionate”.

He added: “We are living in a climate emergency.

“Time is running out to take the urgent action we need but we need to do it in a way that is peaceful, respectful but also with the freedom to protest.

“Of course, we should have the freedom to protest but we should do it within the measures of the law.”