Vandals And Hypocrits Not Environmentalists.

[webbo3]

Time to take serious action against these so called environmentalists.
https://twitter.com/GaiaFawkes/status/1227902759338487809

and the police just watch.
https://twitter.com/GaiaFawkes/status/1227901589064765440

https://twitter.com/GaiaFawkes/status/1227901184742248451

Apparently we have another protest in Bristol tomorrow with kids playing truant and blocking the roads.

[Mamyalynne]

Seven arrested.

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-02-13/extinction-rebellion-protesters-arrested-after-digging-up-lawn-outside-government-offices/

[webbo3]

Eventually, look at my second link.

[Old_Geezer]

So often the police seem to conclude that watching something illegal occur is the best course of action. I suppose it's more effort than pointing speed cameras, or filling out paperwork. Surely they can see how it makes them look, what it does to their reputation ?

[ToraToraTora]

I don't do twitface, what's this about?

[Togo]

Extinction rebellion have dug a hole outside the Home Office and plod is looking into it. Can't understand why they weren't tazered.......it is electrickery and therefore "green energy" after all.

[Mamyalynne]

I looked at your links then followed the story on.

[Mamyalynne]

Did they resist arrest?

If not then they wouldn't be tasered.

[sevenOP]

They may be vandals, but how are they hypocrites?

[Peter Pedant]

// I don't do twitface, what's this about?//
er take it from me - you do twitface.

[webbo3]

sevenOP

\\They may be vandals, but how are they hypocrites?//

If they care about the environment they wouldn't vandalise it would they.

[sevenOP]

It is a protest action webbo3 , they probably see it as a small crime to negate an enormous crime ( in their view)

They were prepared to be arrested and may have set out to be, for publicity for their cause.

[douglas9401]

There's always been a market for pots of toss, usually among the young who get older and move on, shamefaced.

[Togo]

Perhaps plod should have arrested the clods that were dug up and charged them with impersonating a police officer.

[ToraToraTora]

if they really cared about the environment they'd be demonstrating in India, China, USA etc not one of the most environmentally friendly nations like UK.

[Togo]

The "environment protection scheming" is just a Trojan Horse strategy to bundle in a different campaign altogether. Like it is for all the other "issues" that the zealots and single issue fanatics so favour. Time to start treating them as terrorists and locking them up for a very long time. They would likely be shot in the countries that you mention TTT. Wouldn't that be a shame?

[theshedman]

Environmentalists like the green party want to stop the government from building new roads and just make travelling by bus and rail better. How does this one work. If we have more buses using the already overcrowded road system this will lead to more traffic being in jams. This will then lead to more pollution with cars throwing out more muck into the atmosphere while they are stuck waiting to move and taking them much longer to reach their destinations. With new roads it should make getting from A to B quicker thereby cutting down on pollution as the engines wont be running for as long. Or an I missing something.

[sevenOP]

"if they really cared about the environment they'd be demonstrating in India, China, USA "

Some do

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/49676291

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/18/china-young-climate-heroes-fight-apathy-party-line

[ToraToraTora]

togo: "They would likely be shot in the countries that you mention TTT. Wouldn't that be a shame? " - not a dry eye in the house!

[Togo]

Ta Webbo. Hope the weather is "nice" for the kiddy winks on protest duty down there.........Not.