Extinction Rebellion

[ElectroClaret]

Got into the Commons chamber at Westminster and glued themselves around the Speakers chair. (BBC)

[dsr]

Presumably to protest against any package of assistance that helps people keep the power on?

You have to wonder who's running HofC security to let this happen.

Still, parliament isn't sitting, so there's no urgency. Send them a food parcel and sort it out on Monday morning. The new PM will be in Scotland so they needn't rush.

[AlargeClaret]

Oh ffs , I’m suprised there’s not an armed police presence in the HOC. They should be dealt with severely .

[box_of_frogs]

Time they just started pulling them off whatever they’ve glued themselves too. If they get hurt in the process then so be it.

[dsr]

No need to rush on this one. When they're on the M^, they're in the way. Who really cares if it takes a week or two to get them out of there?

[Nonayforever]

Trouble is they are not actually protesters they are anarchists.

[Clarets4me]

Leave them there under armed watch until they beg to be extracted, short custodial sentence to be served at the furthest Prison away from their home address in England. On release, get 75 volunteers to block every road on their route home ... it should take them about 3 weeks to get home, a taste of their own medicine ....

[Billy Balfour]

Smashing up motorway service station pumps the other week. Drivers having to make detours, and adding more miles to their journeys in order to fill up. These people really are a bunch of tossers.

[jackmiggins]

Should leave them there and place clear soundproof bubbles over them.

[Lancasterclaret]

Big test for the new PM this

Should she just shoot them, or deport them to Rwanda?

[groove]

They aren't anarchists at all. They received £3 million in funding last year. They were meant to be there. Everything that goes on in the HOC is just theatre.

[Leisure]

They aren't anarchists at all. They received £3 million in funding last year. They were meant to be there. Everything that goes on in the HOC is just theatre.

They were meant to be there?????

[Lancasterclaret]

They aren't anarchists at all. They received £3 million in funding last year. They were meant to be there. Everything that goes on in the HOC is just theatre.

I just wish people would put links up when they say stuff like this

[jackmiggins]

It implies they've been funded by the tax payer - patently untrue. Funding is from supporters, but pretty sure this will fall off.

[LeadBelly]

One of them (in the chamber) is holding a "let the people decide" poster.
If the people decided (we had a plebiscite), I think they'd all get a good kicking then thrown in prison as recompense for the trouble they are causing. They have nil self awareness at all.

[Burnley1989]

I just wish people would put links up when they say stuff like this

It could be like one of those Facebook links from a Z list celebrity about Covid vaccines killing people

[Lancasterclaret]

One of them (in the chamber) is holding a "let the people decide" poster.
If the people decided (we had a plebiscite), I think they'd all get a good kicking then thrown in prison as recompense for the trouble they are causing. They have nil self awareness at all.

I'm not so sure they would to be honest

[groove]

Think about it. Millions marched against lockdowns with no coverage at all on mainstream media. Why are 3 'anarchists ' in the HOC all over the MSM? It fits the current climate agenda.

[Lancasterclaret]

It could be like one of those Facebook links from a Z list celebrity about Covid vaccines killing people

Which is normally the reason their aren't any links put up sadly

[Burnley1989]

Think about it. Millions marched against lockdowns with no coverage at all on mainstream media. Why are 3 'anarchists ' in the HOC all over the MSM? It fits the current climate agenda.

Millions?

[groove]

It implies they've been funded by the tax payer - patently untrue. Funding is from supporters, but pretty sure this will fall off.

The funders will be the same people that control the media. The WEF.

[Lancasterclaret]

The funders will be the same people that control the media. The WEF.

Amazing

[Swizzlestick]

The funders will be the same people that control the media. The WEF.

Turn The Joe Rogan Experience off and read a newspaper or something.

[houseboy]

I just wish people would put links up when they say stuff like this

I never place a link. People shouldn’t have to. It is incumbent on the unbeliever or doubter to look it up for themselves. If I post on here and people don’t trust or believe me that’s their problem not mine. It’s a football forum not a thesis.

[LeadBelly]

I'm not so sure they would to be honest

In September 2021, YouGov asked 3,296 British adults for their opinions on Extinction Rebellion, of which 19% were "very positive" or "fairly positive", and 49% were "fairly negative" or "very negative.

19 v 49 and it will have got worse for XR since that date as they've continued to cheese people off with their self-absorbed antics.

[AlargeClaret]

Lizards, Jews , illuminati, David Icke !

[Colburn_Claret]

Think about it. Millions marched against lockdowns with no coverage at all on mainstream media. Why are 3 'anarchists ' in the HOC all over the MSM? It fits the current climate agenda.

Your problem here is you still listen/watch mainstream media.

I haven't taken any notice of News outlets since Brexit, when it should have been patently obvious to everybody. that all media streams are self publicising, self interested, self opinionated parasites.

I'll say again, they should report the FACTS, and leave everyone to make their OWN mind up. Until then turn it off.

[Billy Balfour]

I'm all for peaceful protest, but these XR people do more harm than good. They lost loads of support when they started blocking citizens from going about their lawful business by blocking roads. Even frontline workers and our emergency services were caught up in the traffic jams they caused. Same when they blocked off parts of Manchester city centre a couple of years ago - also loads of businesses took a hit. They certainly don't endear people towards them.

The group is also full of 'do as I say, not as I do' hypocrites.

[Guitargeorge]

They should pay for any damage done to the furniture and, if they soil the carpets before Monday morning, pay for those too. Oh, and they will then have to change their name to Excretion Rebellion.

[aggi]

Millions?

See. The fact that you didn't see millions is proof that there were millions and it was covered up by the Barclay brothers and Rupert Murdoch and the rest.

[AlargeClaret]

Turn The Joe Rogan Experience off and read a newspaper or something.

Abandon the MSM by all means, but exchanging that for some hairbrained heavily politically motivated Uber niche guff on YouTube /Twitter or other loon platforms is hardly any better .

[aggi]

In September 2021, YouGov asked 3,296 British adults for their opinions on Extinction Rebellion, of which 19% were "very positive" or "fairly positive", and 49% were "fairly negative" or "very negative.

19 v 49 and it will have got worse for XR since that date as they've continued to cheese people off with their self-absorbed antics.

I dunno, I'd have thought it may have got better as their warnings about global warming and reliance on fossil fuels seem to be coming true.

[Clarets4me]

Big test for the new PM this

Should she just shoot them, or deport them to Rwanda?

I knew you'd come round to my way of thinking, Lancs !!

[dougcollins]

In some ways, they have a point. Nothing's gonna change with a new PM.

Well actually things could get worse, which I suppose is a change.

[HitchinClaret]

Was it bluelabrador the poster who thought we are all controlled by lizards?

[dougcollins]

Was it bluelabrador the poster who thought we are all controlled by lizards?

David Icke wasn't it?

[bpgburn]

I often wonder how they move around the country causing mayhem?

[Burnley Ace]

I never place a link. People shouldn’t have to. It is incumbent on the unbeliever or doubter to look it up for themselves. If I post on here and people don’t trust or believe me that’s their problem not mine. It’s a football forum not a thesis.

You are right but the default position is that if you can’t back it up you are just making it up. People then just ignore what you say presuming you are a troll or a liar (or both).

[ŽižkovClaret]

Lizards, Jews , illuminati, David Icke !

Walk into a bar......

[AlargeClaret]

Walk into a bar......

And take a Hell of a beating !!

I’ll get my coat

[claret2018]

On one hand I admire them for taking direct action for a worthy cause, on the other hand their road blocking stunts won’t win them any support from the public.

Gluing yourself to the HOC is rad though.

[Lancasterclaret]

I never place a link. People shouldn’t have to. It is incumbent on the unbeliever or doubter to look it up for themselves. If I post on here and people don’t trust or believe me that’s their problem not mine. It’s a football forum not a thesis.

Its a very clear way to find out if the poster is serious, or just an internet weirdo

[Lancasterclaret]

Your problem here is you still listen/watch mainstream media.

I haven't taken any notice of News outlets since Brexit, when it should have been patently obvious to everybody. that all media streams are self publicising, self interested, self opinionated parasites.

I'll say again, they should report the FACTS, and leave everyone to make their OWN mind up. Until then turn it off.

I'd start watching or reading the news if I was you mate

Its not looking good

Still, I guess if I was really, really, really, really keen on something that turned out to be total s**t, I wouldn't watch the news either!

[Lancasterclaret]

In September 2021, YouGov asked 3,296 British adults for their opinions on Extinction Rebellion, of which 19% were "very positive" or "fairly positive", and 49% were "fairly negative" or "very negative.

19 v 49 and it will have got worse for XR since that date as they've continued to cheese people off with their self-absorbed antics.

49% eh?

Shame it wasn't one percent less then we could have ignored it completely

For the record, they are absolutely right with what they believe in, but they really do need to do more stuff like this, and less blocking normal people going about their normal lives

[AlargeClaret]

Its a very clear way to find out if the poster is serious, or just an internet weirdo

That’s gonna be some debate on here !!

[Lancasterclaret]

That’s gonna be some debate on here !!

We warn kids about the dangers of social media, but no one appears to mention that we have to warn adults as well

[dsr]

I never place a link. People shouldn’t have to. It is incumbent on the unbeliever or doubter to look it up for themselves. If I post on here and people don’t trust or believe me that’s their problem not mine. It’s a football forum not a thesis.

Cassandra found that speaking truth and never being believed was her problem. (Admittedly it was a problem for the rest of the Trojans as well.) But she was ignored whenever she spoke, and it wasn't comfortable.

[LeadBelly]

Cassandra found that speaking truth and never being believed was her problem. (Admittedly it was a problem for the rest of the Trojans as well.) But she was ignored whenever she spoke, and it wasn't comfortable.

Her prime problem was that she promised her "favours" to Apollo in return for the facility of accurate prophesy and them gave him the elbow without doing the deed.

[Burnley1989]

I often wonder how they move around the country causing mayhem?

They turn into bats and fly

[Lancasterclaret]

Her prime problem was that she promised her "favours" to Apollo in return for the facility of accurate prophesy and them gave him the elbow without doing the deed.

I'm much more comfortable with Greek myths than I am with facebook conspiracy theorists it has to be said!