A barefoot man is having a stand off with police after he managed to scale Big Ben’s Elizabeth Tower holding a Palestine flag. Video footage shows the man standing precariously on the ledge several metres high,

A man who climbed up Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower carrying a Palestinian flag has been brought down after more than 16 hours. The barefoot man had made his way on to a ledge several metres up the tower at the Palace of Westminster on Saturday morning. He had been heard telling negotiators he would come down on his "own terms".

The man was pictured scaling Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower with a Palestinian flag while clinging onto a corner of the building - and was heard saying 'I'm not going anywhere'