Roger Hallam is getting much better at messaging/media stuff. Always thought he was a total liability but actually not bad at all here. Shows an understanding of his audience (readers of The Express).
Give us what we want and we'll be off motorways in a flash says IB founder ROGER HALLAM
"Everyone knows the situation - we have to cut carbon emissions and fast. So let's get to it and insulate and retrofit UK homes.
Each tax payer’s pound spent on this produces the biggest reduction in emissions compared to anything else. A construction industry expert told me this week it will be “the biggest engineering project” in British history. It will create hundreds of thousands of well-paid proper jobs for working people. Isn’t that what we’ve been crying out for, for decades? Providing people with the dignity of meaningful work that makes a real difference. What’s not to like about that?
And insulating homes will prevent tens of thousands of elderly people dying of the cold and damp in the winter. It’s about taking care of the most vulnerable in our communities who spent their lives providing for us. It’s our turn to provide for them.
All great stuff but why block roads? People are mad and quite right too. Who wants to get delayed going about their rightful business?
I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that every person sitting in the road hates sitting there and hates getting arrested. So why are they doing it? Because we have been asking the Government to get on with the job of dealing with the climate crisis for 30 years.
And we have all started to realise that this climate thing is not just another “issue” – weather from Hell is going to bring the economy crashing down if the Government does not act.
We have all seen the pictures of buildings being swept away in the German floods this summer, people drowning on the New York subway, forest fires burning down Greek holiday resorts.
What the hell is going on! It’s arrived. And it’s only going to get a lot worse if Boris doesn’t pull his finger out.
People are sitting in the road for a simple reason – it’s about taking responsibility.
Many are in their sixties and seventies, their fathers and grandfathers went over the top at the Somme and fought at Arnhem.
They don’t want to be lying on their deathbeds knowing that on their watch they squandered the freedoms and prosperity that their forefathers sacrificed their lives to provide.
They don’t want to look into the eyes of their grandchildren and say: “Sorry we just stood by and you will spend your lives trying to deal with the vandalism, the refugees, the floods and fires produced by our cowardice and greed”.
Let me be blunt – the endless delay and dithering on something as important as this is disgusting and pathetic.
What we need, and what Insulate Britain is crying out for, is one thing: leadership. Someone has to do the Churchill thing and tell the country it is facing “blood, sweat and tears” because that is the brutal truth.
It is what it is. Better out in than in. A stitch in time saves ninety-nine.
It’s basic British common sense to get on with the job. We all know Boris wants to step up, so come on man, show us what you’re made of.
And Insulate Britain will be off the road in a flash."
Give us what we want and we'll be off motorways in a flash says IB founder ROGER HALLAM
"Everyone knows the situation - we have to cut carbon emissions and fast. So let's get to it and insulate and retrofit UK homes.
Each tax payer’s pound spent on this produces the biggest reduction in emissions compared to anything else. A construction industry expert told me this week it will be “the biggest engineering project” in British history. It will create hundreds of thousands of well-paid proper jobs for working people. Isn’t that what we’ve been crying out for, for decades? Providing people with the dignity of meaningful work that makes a real difference. What’s not to like about that?
And insulating homes will prevent tens of thousands of elderly people dying of the cold and damp in the winter. It’s about taking care of the most vulnerable in our communities who spent their lives providing for us. It’s our turn to provide for them.
All great stuff but why block roads? People are mad and quite right too. Who wants to get delayed going about their rightful business?
I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that every person sitting in the road hates sitting there and hates getting arrested. So why are they doing it? Because we have been asking the Government to get on with the job of dealing with the climate crisis for 30 years.
And we have all started to realise that this climate thing is not just another “issue” – weather from Hell is going to bring the economy crashing down if the Government does not act.
We have all seen the pictures of buildings being swept away in the German floods this summer, people drowning on the New York subway, forest fires burning down Greek holiday resorts.
What the hell is going on! It’s arrived. And it’s only going to get a lot worse if Boris doesn’t pull his finger out.
People are sitting in the road for a simple reason – it’s about taking responsibility.
Many are in their sixties and seventies, their fathers and grandfathers went over the top at the Somme and fought at Arnhem.
They don’t want to be lying on their deathbeds knowing that on their watch they squandered the freedoms and prosperity that their forefathers sacrificed their lives to provide.
They don’t want to look into the eyes of their grandchildren and say: “Sorry we just stood by and you will spend your lives trying to deal with the vandalism, the refugees, the floods and fires produced by our cowardice and greed”.
Let me be blunt – the endless delay and dithering on something as important as this is disgusting and pathetic.
What we need, and what Insulate Britain is crying out for, is one thing: leadership. Someone has to do the Churchill thing and tell the country it is facing “blood, sweat and tears” because that is the brutal truth.
It is what it is. Better out in than in. A stitch in time saves ninety-nine.
It’s basic British common sense to get on with the job. We all know Boris wants to step up, so come on man, show us what you’re made of.
And Insulate Britain will be off the road in a flash."
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