Climate Activists

[PrincessCharming]

Murdering someone and attempting to cover it up is pretty standard practice, and not a trait unique to police officers who kill. And if he thought he would be protected he was very wrong. I was a policeman for many years and believe me nothing, and I mean nothing, is more hated on the job than a corrupt officer. I can only speak for my old force, but the second Couzens, or the man in the example above, emerged as a suspect there would be a team working around the clock to bring them down. No matter how senior.

Who do you think carried out the investigation, arrested the guilty man, and provided the evidence which allowed the courts to reach that conclusion? Well I assume we all know who.

I said the way it was reported, that was the impression given. I’ve no doubt the officers involved in the investigation acted with professionalism, hence the conviction.

 

[heretoreaditall2019]

The French Police have the right idea.

Unfortunately our Police are too 'wet' towards troublemakers but not towards those who stand up to them.

It is little wonder many (including myself) think the Police are effing useless.

Lmao what? Our police murder ppl. Both in uniform getting paid for it & out of uniform for free for their sadistic kicks.

This thread is wild Tory vibes dw about quote tweeting me to “correct” I don’t read I love my eco chamber

 

[Merpedy]

I think part of the reason these sort of antics are needed is because people just forget after a few days or it becomes a bit of a virtue-signalling thing, so nothing actually gets done. Climate change is a great example of this because… well, if governments and large companies had more pressure for the public we would see change. Insulate Britain is just trying to raise awareness for an issue no one cares about unless they expeirence it, in which case it’s very localised and easy to ignore

The performative stuns are annoying and a huge inconvenience but that’s sort of the point. They get media attention, mentioned in Parliament in some manner and more people may read up on the issue

However, the problem comes when people don’t want to do anything and play into the politician’s hands with their anger. So the issue is ignored again and everyone moves on, protests continue

That does seem to mean that these protests probably won’t achieve anything sadly but I don’t think you can really blame passionate people for trying

Also this seems like an awful climate for protests tbh. The media aren’t going to focus on them when they could continue talking about all these shortages

 

[laughing]

These people are psychotic. Why would they ruin something like the London Marathon! People running in the open air is about the healthiest passtime a human can do, and one of the best for the planet as well.

They make no sense, disturbing snooker and throwing things at paintings. None of this has anything to do with what you'd think their message should be.

I'm not a climate change denier (though I do think that label is fucking ridiculous) but I feel the likes of Just Stop Oil are more about attacking the working class everyman than anything else.

I was glad to see two have been jailed for one of their vile motorway stunts that caused people to miss funerals and such but I wish the sentence had been five years each. These people act like they are running the country and it's batshit crazy.

Targeting big events gets them in the media eye

 

[Warpaint]

Wasn't there a 5pm deadline today that if the Government didn't do what they say they'd take big actions. As in bigger stunts, bigger scale disruption.

Did anything come of it?

 

[kev1974]

Another day/week another day out for the numpties.

Come on Priti what is happening here.

I mean they don't even bother gluing their hands to the road any more.

I don't understand why the police aren't just turning up, lifting them all into a minibus, and then just dump them 50 miles away.

https://www.archive.is/oldest/https...-Britain-activists-return-streets-London.html

 

[RaveChampion]

I don't know about the Dale Vince thing tbh. IIRC they also have American backers who've gone on record to say they'll fund them indefinately.

If they stop demonstrating because one guy got chinned once I'd actually be dissappointed in a weird way. "Courage of convictions" etc...
Maybe they're on annual leave at the moment.

 

[Lonette]

But if they piss off everyone, they will only continue to lose support so...still doesn't make sense to me? I remember when Greta said you have to piss people off and I felt she was barking up the wrong tree, and I don't have the problem with her that some do.

 

[rainbowlemon]

Rave on the M25 what could go wrong?

 

[Warpaint]

They will have known he's in LA on holiday

 

[RaveChampion]

Apologies for the brain fart.

Daisy Goodwin has nothing to do with it.

Daisy McAndrew.

 

[Codiaeum]

I do kinda love mud wizard Vs stuck German police

That place is actually near me - I always drive past when I visit my parents and also drove past this weekend, when they started to evict people from the site. I've never seen so much blue light flashing over such a huge area, they had the place surrounded. But yeah, that video is kind of funny

 

[Scarlett O' Hara]

I read that the "German branch" of one of those activists sends out questionnaires when you join. They ask whether you're willing to go to jail for your "activism", and for how long, they've got what comes down to bail bonds and they pay some members a wage. That's not activism to me, that's a full-fledged industry of shit-stirring.

Don't get me wrong. I very much believe in climate change. I believe in needing to stop certain activities that further fuel climate changes and destroy our environment. But I do not believe in the way these people go about it. They're not only destroying things as part of their misguided activism, they are just annoying the broader population so much that they will stop caring. I bet you everyone would see much more actual innovation in this regard if companies were allowed to innovate on solutions instead of just being policed into things and these people declaring everything ni the world as bad. I bet we're not allowed to breathe soon. Did you know that it emits carbondioxide? Please stop breathing, activists.

Could you direct me to that German branch/webpage please. Thanks.

 

[Run 101]

Anyone seen the video of the french police dealing with the idiots, it will give you a good laugh at the mans oscar winning performance -

 

[RaveChampion]

Will they serve the full 2 years or get let out in a few months?

 

[rainbowlemon]

Sorry missed out the word *have above.

 

[Captainmouse]

These people aren't hippies or vegans.

They're the kind to latch on to anything that's useful as a tool.

Professional agitator’s? Rentamob?

 

[Doctor_Wibble]

Now that insulation rebellion have had a super wide injunction thrown at them, animal rebellion have taken up the mantle and climbed up the outside of the DEFRA hq in protest against the climate effects of meat and dairy etc.

E2a my mistake, it's against government subsidies to meat and dairy industries, looks suspiciously like the climate bit was tacked on the end.

( initially I just saw a short report, no glue mentioned though.)

On the plus side, no traffic being stopped.

Animal Rebellion activists vow to stay ‘indefinitely’ on Defra building in London

 

[heretoreaditall2019]

They’re helping to ensure we have tougher laws in the future about protesting that’s for sure and we’re sleep walking into a dystopian novel:

Controversial Public Order Bill passed in Westminster

It passed by 276 to 231.

www.heraldscotland.com

“It would allow police to "stop any person or vehicle and make any search the constable thinks fit whether or not the constable has any grounds for suspecting that the person or vehicle is carrying a prohibited object", with a 'prohibited object' defined as those which could be used for 'locking on' and other forms of protest.”

Tbf this is a horrific tory government decision that’s a massive encroachment upon our civil liberties that we should all be super disturbed by (whether or not we paint buildings orange in our spare time) but you’re right, it’ll gain support from MPs and their constituents because of these protests. But what’s the alternative? Let the world burn? These ppl are on the right side of history.

 

[Doctor_Wibble]

Sorry I should of googled I though you knew. It was embankment, one report said hq which it isn’t

No problem, I'm just glad to reap the rewards of being utterly noncommittal unless absolutely necessary - all the benefits of not being wrong, without the annoyance and effort of having to be right.