We had a less publicised protest in a nearby town. There was a degree of traffic disruption caused by farmers driving incredibly expensive tractors around the town. It struck me that the amount of fuel being used by these vehicles would be enormous. Add to that, the cost in manhours to get the things into the town and would've set them back a fair bit. So, in order to get several tractors into Westminster, the cost would've been tremendous in terms of fuel and manhours.
As you have brilliantly said, climate protesters are the wrong kind of protester. Let's face it, most farm owners are reasonably well off, though they would like you to believe otherwise. And a great many are right leaning in their views. Yes, they have a lot of problems to contend with for sure over things like farmgate prices for their produce, the weather and red tape. But, I am surprised that they haven't spoken to an accountant or some such to find ways around this. It seems to me, as an ageing layman, that as most people with land and property manage to circumvent the tax system to their benefit then maybe the farmers are missing a trick here.
As Richard Tice MP, a man who appears to have spent too much time on a sunbed that he now resembles an old brown shoe, I am not surprised that he has leapt onto this bandwagon/haycart. Given his support of anything right of centre, this is well and truly "up his street".
His condemnation of climate protesters and along with his wholehearted joy at the sentencing. He, along with the rest of the Reform cabal, believes that anything to do with Net Zero is a waste of time and money. And if there's any problems brought about by climate change then humanity will miraculously engineer its way out of it.
That being said, if all else fails, I would imagine that Reform's new chum, the space cadet, megalomaniac and aspiring Bond villain the Dark Lord Musk may save them all (Reform, that is!) and take them off to Mars. Obviously, I live in hope regarding that last bit...
Dangerous times indeed with Musk pursuing global domination aided by his Reform sycophants with added enablers like Trump & Bannon the capalist rule makers / news makers think they are building their empire. We all need to watch and hold them to account the best way we can or are able
Pity they weren’t all fined under ULEZ. Pumping their toxic red diesel into the air. I live amongst farmland, next to 2 family farms. All their kids went to fee paying schools. All their vehicles run on red diesel. They have destroyed hedgerows and trees to make it easier to plant and harvest. I really could go on but will have a very large gin instead.
'In what has been described as a bizarre and “eye-watering stupid” 41 second climate denial rant, leader of the right-wing populist political party, Richard Tice, attempts to claim that C02 is “plant food” and therefore “not a problem”.
“C02, people make out that it’s some sort of poison,” says Tice in the video. “It’s not. It’s plant food. It’s responsible for photosynthesis, without which we get no plants, no food, we all die. You’ve got to challenge the mainstream narrative on this.”
'The leader of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party has been rinsed over a video he posted on X in which he attempts to “challenge the climate change nonsense” by making a scientifically false claim which viewers have argued a primary school pupil could debunk.'
We had a less publicised protest in a nearby town. There was a degree of traffic disruption caused by farmers driving incredibly expensive tractors around the town. It struck me that the amount of fuel being used by these vehicles would be enormous. Add to that, the cost in manhours to get the things into the town and would've set them back a fair bit. So, in order to get several tractors into Westminster, the cost would've been tremendous in terms of fuel and manhours.
As you have brilliantly said, climate protesters are the wrong kind of protester. Let's face it, most farm owners are reasonably well off, though they would like you to believe otherwise. And a great many are right leaning in their views. Yes, they have a lot of problems to contend with for sure over things like farmgate prices for their produce, the weather and red tape. But, I am surprised that they haven't spoken to an accountant or some such to find ways around this. It seems to me, as an ageing layman, that as most people with land and property manage to circumvent the tax system to their benefit then maybe the farmers are missing a trick here.
As Richard Tice MP, a man who appears to have spent too much time on a sunbed that he now resembles an old brown shoe, I am not surprised that he has leapt onto this bandwagon/haycart. Given his support of anything right of centre, this is well and truly "up his street".
His condemnation of climate protesters and along with his wholehearted joy at the sentencing. He, along with the rest of the Reform cabal, believes that anything to do with Net Zero is a waste of time and money. And if there's any problems brought about by climate change then humanity will miraculously engineer its way out of it.
That being said, if all else fails, I would imagine that Reform's new chum, the space cadet, megalomaniac and aspiring Bond villain the Dark Lord Musk may save them all (Reform, that is!) and take them off to Mars. Obviously, I live in hope regarding that last bit...
Dangerous times indeed with Musk pursuing global domination aided by his Reform sycophants with added enablers like Trump & Bannon the capalist rule makers / news makers think they are building their empire. We all need to watch and hold them to account the best way we can or are able
Bang on the nose as usual. I wish I had written those words but thank you for writing them for me.
Bang on again, Bear. Well said.
Pity they weren’t all fined under ULEZ. Pumping their toxic red diesel into the air. I live amongst farmland, next to 2 family farms. All their kids went to fee paying schools. All their vehicles run on red diesel. They have destroyed hedgerows and trees to make it easier to plant and harvest. I really could go on but will have a very large gin instead.
Richard Tice is hilarious!
'In what has been described as a bizarre and “eye-watering stupid” 41 second climate denial rant, leader of the right-wing populist political party, Richard Tice, attempts to claim that C02 is “plant food” and therefore “not a problem”.
“C02, people make out that it’s some sort of poison,” says Tice in the video. “It’s not. It’s plant food. It’s responsible for photosynthesis, without which we get no plants, no food, we all die. You’ve got to challenge the mainstream narrative on this.”
'The leader of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party has been rinsed over a video he posted on X in which he attempts to “challenge the climate change nonsense” by making a scientifically false claim which viewers have argued a primary school pupil could debunk.'
Fossil Climate crisis denial is supported by the establishment. They just pay lipservice to doing the right thing. https://jowaller.substack.com/p/scientifically-illiterate-funded?utm_source=publication-search