Insulate Britain protests

[dickygrace]

They’re at it again. Manc & Brum too today. I’m not on the M56 today (only day this week) but I’d be dragging them out of the way. I can’t help think that they’d be protected by plod though. Ridiculous state of affairs.

 

[midlifecrisis]

I'm surprised that they've not attacked Gatwick, but the amount of armed police around I don't think they'd dare.

 

[Gazcw]

I'm surprised that they've not attacked Gatwick, but the amount of armed police around I don't think they'd dare.

Maybe glue themselves to the runway? WCPGW.

 

[safrane]

They’re at it again. Manc & Brum too today. I’m not on the M56 today (only day this week) but I’d be dragging them out of the way. I can’t help think that they’d be protected by plod though. Ridiculous state of affairs.

Richard, you are correct. The police are there to protect them from violence and intimation from others despite the injunctions... it is a bizarre state of affairs policing demos.

 

[MarkMas]

Richard, you are correct. The police are there to protect them from violence and intimation from others despite the injunctions... it is a bizarre state of affairs policing demos.

Well, I would like to think the police would protect anyone from vigilante mob violence whatever they were doing. (Even if they were also arresting them for a crime.) But maybe that's just me.

 

[Gazcw]

Well, I would like to think the police would protect anyone from vigilante mob violence whatever they were doing. (Even if they were also arresting them for a crime.) But maybe that's just me.

You better stop the intimidation and threats against us yellow caliper lovers then. I have been feeling particularly vulnerable recently from flagrant defacing of my images…..

 

[dickygrace]

Well, I would like to think the police would protect anyone from vigilante mob violence whatever they were doing. (Even if they were also arresting them for a crime.) But maybe that's just me.

I wouldn’t be violent. I’d just move them out of the road. Never been violent in my life.

 

[MarkMas]

You better stop the intimidation and threats against us yellow caliper lovers then. I have been feeling particularly vulnerable recently from flagrant defacing of my images…..

No violence or intimidation on my part! I just correct errors where I see them. I'm glad I don't have to fix your avatar.

 

[Gazcw]

No violence or intimidation on my part! I just correct errors where I see them. I'm glad I don't have to fix your avatar.

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Haha. Keeping this one relatively standard at the moment. Going in to paint at the end of November before I start taking apart over winter.

 

[Guy]

A police officer has been caught offering Insulate Britain "another 10 minutes" to block a road in Birmingham, as no arrests were made.

Video footage from the scene of a protest on Tuesday morning in Birmingham showed an officer telling protesters to "just be careful" and "I don't want to put good people in a cell".

The force said that it had made no arrests, despite around 20 people blocking traffic on the A4400 in the centre of the city.

Outrageous!

 

[Mr Spoon]

Well, I would like to think the police would protect anyone from vigilante mob violence whatever they were doing. (Even if they were also arresting them for a crime.) But maybe that's just me.

I wouldn't protect a police officer in any guise. I expect them to protect the ones that get the most likes on facebook.

 

[dickygrace]

 

[Felonious Crud]

Well, I would like to think the police would protect anyone from vigilante mob violence whatever they were doing. (Even if they were also arresting them for a crime.) But maybe that's just me.

Guardian reader, are we? ;-)

 

[Delmonte]

How thick are this lot? You think they’d know their subject, to have such strong views on it. Bearing in mind the UK produces below 1% of global greenhouse gases, and of that, only around a third of that 1% comes from heating our houses, what difference would it make, when China produces more CO2 in a couple of weeks than we do in a year? Result, even if they get what they want? Square root of F-ALL. Knobheads....
Think China is paying any attention to you blocking the A43? If they even know, they’re laughing at you making us a bit less competitive, (while they build another dozen coal fired power stations to power the factories for all the useless **** you buy on Amazon....)

 

[Phil H]

How thick are this lot? You think they’d know their subject, to have such strong views on it. Bearing in mind the UK produces below 1% of global greenhouse gases, and of that, only around a third of that 1% comes from heating our houses, what difference would it make, when China produces more CO2 in a couple of weeks than we do in a year? Result, even if they get what they want? Square root of F-ALL. Knobheads....
Think China is paying any attention to you blocking the A43? If they even know, they’re laughing at you making us a bit less competitive, (while they build another dozen coal fired power stations to power the factories for all the useless **** you buy on Amazon....)

Sorry Delmonte, but that's bang out of order. Some of the Amazon '****' is quite useful

 

[Delmonte]

Richard, you are correct. The police are there to protect them from violence and intimation from others despite the injunctions... it is a bizarre state of affairs policing demos.

There is a side issue here.... IB have been moaning that none of their members have been getting jailed, or even arrested, which was their wish (clog up the justice system/ gain sympathy & PR when nice middle class twots Annabelle and Tarquin get banged up). Maybe The Filth are on the right side after all....?

 

[Zep]

Bearing in mind the UK produces below 1% of global greenhouse gases

For clarity, this is territorial emissions, not that for imported products. If we buy Chinese product, we buy part of their footprint.

It also doesn’t look so good when you think that we are only 0.8% of the worlds population. Far from the worst, but also far from the best.

Also, 9.7% of those emissions are for heating. I’m much, much happier insulating my house than getting rid of my car. But something has to give, I appreciate others may feel differently.

 

[Delmonte]

For clarity, this is territorial emissions, not that for imported products. If we buy Chinese product, we buy part of their footprint.

It also doesn’t look so good when you think that we are only 0.8% of the worlds population. Far from the worst, but also far from the best.

Also, 9.7% of those emissions are for heating. I’m much, much happier insulating my house than getting rid of my car. But something has to give, I appreciate others may feel differently.

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So heating homes much less than I had heard then. Fair enough, even less significant. Agree about China’s output being partly our fault. Hence my flippant comment about Amazon.
But nothing will be done unless the whole global consumerist society is dismantled and that ain’t happening any time soon, no matter how many houses get insulated or electric cars get driven

 

[Mr Spoon]

I think we should all buy V8's..... Oh wait

 

[Delmonte]

Side issue: instead of spending a fortune insulating everything, can someone tell my wife (and every woman I’ve known, ever) to put a ******* jumper on instead of winding the heating up to 30 degrees