Do we support Insulate Britain?

[fishfinger]

Amazing reporting from the British media again.



For those reluctant to click “you can grow concrete” about sums it up.

Of course you can grow concrete. Haven't you noticed how tall some of those skyscrapers can get!

 

[Artaxerxes]

Beat you to it

Although mine was actually from talk radio

Yeah fuck em I'm not giving them the clicks

 

[ruffneck23]

Of course you can grow concrete. Haven't you noticed how tall some of those skyscrapers can get!

Only in concrete jungles though.

 

[Artaxerxes]

If you can't grow it why are they called concrete plants?

 

[ruffneck23]

Yeah fuck em I'm not giving them the clicks

Fair enough

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Amazing reporting from the British media again.



For those reluctant to click “you can grow concrete” about sums it up.

Mike Graham and Talk Radio are the epitome of shithole Britain.

 

[ruffneck23]

oh my word, 5 hours later they come up with this...

 

[Elpenor]

Of course you can grow concrete. Haven't you noticed how tall some of those skyscrapers can get!

They respond well to sandy ground and sunshine as can be seen in Dubai

 

[8ball]

Mike Graham and Talk Radio are the epitome of shithole Britain.

I love the last bit - "That was Cameron, he grows trees and then cuts them down and makes things from them... brilliant, marvellous...".

 

[Jeff Robinson]

I love the last bit - "That was Cameron, he grows trees and then cuts them down and makes things from them... brilliant, marvellous...".

Mike Gammon is quite right - a decent Christian country like Britain is no place for fucking carpenters.

 

[Hollis]

Gotta amire Mike Graham - an incredibly well-thought out attack line..

 

[cupid_stunt]

It's High Court day for nine activists, with a chance of prison sentences being handed out.

‘I could be jailed for two years for blocking roads with Insulate Britain’

‘ I’m scared, but I have the feeling that I’m doing the right thing,' says an Insulate Britain activist ahead of High Court hearing

www.bigissue.com

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Like ‘em or loathe them this is a ballsy as fuck statement to make to the High Court:

Taylor told the court that if the judges did not send him to prison he would “go out and block the highway at the earliest opportunity”, adding: “And I will continue to do so until the government makes a meaningful statement and fucking acts on it,” he said, spurring a rebuke from Sharp for his language.

“If you send me away to prison, 10 people will step forward in my place,” Taylor said. “If you send each of us away, 100 people will step forward and take our places. If you send 100 of us away, 1,000 people will step forward to take our place.

“If you somehow manage to stop all non-violent protests, then things will only turn violent.”

 

[Sue]

Like ‘em or loathe them this is a ballsy as fuck statement to make to the High Court:

Taylor told the court that if the judges did not send him to prison he would “go out and block the highway at the earliest opportunity”, adding: “And I will continue to do so until the government makes a meaningful statement and fucking acts on it,” he said, spurring a rebuke from Sharp for his language.

“If you send me away to prison, 10 people will step forward in my place,” Taylor said. “If you send each of us away, 100 people will step forward and take our places. If you send 100 of us away, 1,000 people will step forward to take our place.

“If you somehow manage to stop all non-violent protests, then things will only turn violent.”

Not sure it's ballsy, more Spartacus delusional...

 

[platinumsage]

Of course it all comes down to how important they are, the vanguard of a courageous movement that marks a paradigm shift in human history, how their perspective is the true one. It’s like the FOTLers but with more ego.

 

[RainbowTown]

Insulate Britain mob jailed for blocking M25… but at least HMP has thick walls

NINE Insulate Britain protesters were banged up yesterday for their road-blocking antics — but at least their new home has extra-thick walls. Two eco-zealots were today handed three month sentences…

www.thesun.co.uk

Nine Insulate Britain activists are jailed at the High Court

Nine Insulate Britain activists were today jailed at the High Court for breaching an injunction designed to prevent the group's road blockades on the M25 around London.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Jailed and apparently ordered to pay £91,000. Ouch.

 

[8ball]

Of course it all comes down to how important they are, the vanguard of a courageous movement that marks a paradigm shift in human history, how their perspective is the true one. It’s like the FOTLers but with more ego.

A lot of that stuff about these days.

 

[cupid_stunt]

To avoid those Sun & Mail links -

Nine Insulate Britain activists jailed for breaching injunction to prevent road blockades

Insulate Britain, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, is a campaign group calling for better insulation for UK homes to help tackle the climate crisis.

news.sky.com

Submissions made by Ben Taylor, 37, to the court on Tuesday were described by Dame Victoria Sharp as "inflammatory" and a "call to arms", and he was therefore given a longer sentence of six months "to deter (him) from committing further breaches".

Well, he asked for it, and got it, the twat.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

To avoid those Sun & Mail links -

Nine Insulate Britain activists jailed for breaching injunction to prevent road blockades

Insulate Britain, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, is a campaign group calling for better insulation for UK homes to help tackle the climate crisis.

news.sky.com

Well, he asked for it, and got it, the twat.

Submissions made by Ben Taylor, 37, to the court on Tuesday were described by Dame Victoria Sharp as "inflammatory" and a "call to arms", and he was therefore given a longer sentence of six months "to deter (him) from committing further breaches".

Dame Victoria Sharp, will she go home today and think to herself that she has served justice, protected the country and people of the UK from a threat, a menace? Load of wank.

 

[platinumsage]

Dame Victoria Sharp, will she go home today and thing to herself that she has served justice, protected the country and people of the UK from a threat, a menace? Load of wank.

Perhaps you’d think differently if they went around torching Audis instead of pissing off actual working class people.

 

[8ball]

Perhaps you’d think differently if they went around torching Audis instead of pissing off actual working class people.

Mee-ow!

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Perhaps you’d think differently if they went around torching Audis instead of pissing off actual working class people.

Have they been committing arson too? Missed that. Good for them!

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Anyone who supports short custodial sentences for minor crimes is a fucking prick, btw.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Have they been committing arson too? Missed that. Good for them!

Breaking High Court injunctions are taken very seriously, as they were fully aware of, to stand up in court and say you will continue to do so, is not going to go down well, is it?

 

[MickiQ]

To avoid those Sun & Mail links -

Nine Insulate Britain activists jailed for breaching injunction to prevent road blockades

Insulate Britain, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, is a campaign group calling for better insulation for UK homes to help tackle the climate crisis.

news.sky.com

Well, he asked for it, and got it, the twat.

Talking back to the beak and daring her to lock you up is probably not the smartest legal strategy going

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Breaking High Court injunctions are taken very seriously, as they were fully aware of, to stand up in court and say you will continue to do so, is not going to go down well, is it?

Talking back to the beak and daring her to lock you up is probably not the smartest legal strategy going

Of course not, that's why he said it.

They wanted to be sent to prison, that's the whole point in their action. Dame Sharp has facilitated their protest.

 

[MickiQ]

He clearly sees himself as a bit of a martyr and is expecting that this will rally more new recruits to the cause, he is probably going to be disappointed though.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Of course not, that's why he said it.

They wanted to be sent to prison, that's the whole point in their action. Dame Sharp has facilitated their protest.

Breaking the HC injunction is contempt of court, and a serious matter, so what else could she do?

He clearly sees himself as a bit of a martyr and is expecting that this will rally more new recruits to the cause, he is probably going to be disappointed though.

Well I've seen this sort of thing before, in support of pirate radio and against the cannabis laws, what tends to happen is support melts away, because most people are not twats that want to end-up in prison.

 

[platinumsage]

Anyone who supports short custodial sentences for minor crimes is a fucking prick, btw.

Since when was breaching a court order a minor crime? Do you think people who breach restraining orders shouldn't be jailed either?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Breaking the HC injunction is contempt of court, and a serious matter, so what else could she do?

Community service, installing insulation.

Well I've seen this sort of thing before, in support of pirate radio and against the cannabis laws, what tends to happen is support melts away, because most people are not twats that want to end-up in prison.

IB are an offshoot of XR, whose strategy is to get as many arrested as possible and enough people have been willing to do that. People seem to feel quite strongly about for the forthcoming collapse of the planet's ecosystems, amazingly with more passion than people supporting pirate radio or weed do, two activities that carried on unabated regardless of court edicts.