The agenda of 'Activists' from the XR and Just Stop Oil camps is doomed to fail because they are only alienating the public with their actions.
Never mind the Rolex.... or the Aston, Bugatti, or Rolls Royce....
Childish vandalism with Orange paint and the politics of envy - won't wash in our democracy. Targeting a shop selling Rolex watches because they are a 'luxury item' serves only one purpose - the publicity that goes around the world from this 'toddler tantrum criminal damage' gives Rolex lots of free publicity worth thousands of pounds and increases sales.
Aston Martin, Bugatti et al whose showrooms have been similarly desecrated and damaged also get the wealth of free publicity and as a result of the tax gleaned from the sale of their luxury products, taxes are generated which often go to help the poorest and provide education, social care etc. for people who are often unable to access private education for example.
No place for 'anarchy in the UK' here
These 'Activists' have a right to their views as we live in a democracy, but they should exercise them at the ballot box, anarchy on the streets is straight out of the out of the hard left's 'class war' handbook from the 1917 Russian revolution, but we don't tolerate that sort of thing here.
This 'no future' rhetoric of some of these 'Activist' acolytes is childish babble of the indoctrinated and easily led, some of us lived through the Cold War and the Irish Troubles and with the threat at anytime of annihilation from nuclear weapons an ever present threat for over 45 years in our lives.
We did not stop 'having a future' or living our lives. We got on with our lives. In my view, some of these followers are being groomed and indoctrinated into being scared. Anxiety is a new industry created to control and they are falling for it. Stalin used to refer to 'useless idiots' - draw your own conclusions here.
Vandalising artworks is not working either, nor will any intent to slash or damage them in the future. When these people get a criminal record, they may find in the near future that it stops them getting jobs or accessing services and will not be the badge of honour they think it is. When potential employers search social media and find their candidate's 'activism' handiwork on video, they may well think again about shortlisting them for a job.
Policing the rabble
The Police are quite able to enforce the law with regard to persons obstructing the public highway and move them on without any delay - as these 'activists' think this is their only way to get their message across lack of action is exploited and angers the public.
This 'Activism' is no ordinary protest and is a well established pattern of disruption that has been on-going for sometime. The Police are aware of the agenda behind this protest and should take swift and decisive action.
The Police need to move these people on right away as soon as they encounter them. The public are losing patience with these individuals and it will not be long before someone is injured or killed if violence erupts - because the ordinary public are losing patience and any sympathy with these protestors.
Those interfering with motor vehicles such as people that let down tyres are guilty of tampering with a motor vehicle, an offence that carries a maximum life sentence in prison, which they may not appreciate.Until they are sentenced.
The environmental joke
Yes, the people that let down 4x4 tyres, besides the criminal offences racked up, perhaps do not realise that to renew these vehicle tyres if damaged, entails new tyres being obtained and fitted - these being Tyres that are made 80% from Oil.
The paint used in their childish daubings is likely Acrylic - most of which is obtained from - Oil.
Britain has reduced its C02 by 40% from 1990's levels - surely enough and more than others have done, so why do these 'Activists' choose a soft target like Britain which is and has done a lot to sort out its emissions, so why do they not go to the 'difficult' places like China or Russia to make a nuisance of themselves?
They likely won't go to China or Russia because of the way they treat protestors there, China is the place where the majority of emissions are happening. China is producing at least half of the world's emissions alone, figures suggest. Not Britain, a mere 1% on a good day.
While we are here, the CO2 in the atmosphere is 0.05% of the total gases yes, half of one percent. Did you know that?
Oil makes the world goes round - that is the reality
The reality is the world is an oil based economy. We can and should have been producing synthetic fuels for some years if we are genuinely looking to move away from fossil fuels, the technology is available for us to produce synthetic transport fuels to replace Petrol and Diesel that are CO2 Net Zero. Yes, you read that right. We can do that and now.
Electric vehicles are largely a smokescreen - they produce more problems than they solve and are based on finite Battery ingredient resources - which China largely controls. The production of the batteries causes massive environmental damage for the benefits they produce and the batteries are a major fire hazard.
These vehicles are not the future - in the early 1900s there were battery and Petrol / Electric vehicles but they were soon made obsolete by the internal combustion engine. Face it, they haven't even unified the type of plug required to charge the batteries. A schoolboy error if ever there was one.
Although the EU has outlawed the sale of new fossil fuel engined vehicles in 2035 Germany has cleverly sought to amend the legislation.
Porsche has developed a CO2 net zero Petrol that works in new and old vehicles ironically as a bi-product from the 'Green' industry, as such the German 2035 treaty 'allows' Germany to continue to sell Internal Combustion engined vehicles 'that can use other fuels' - such as their 'Green' Petrol for example. This fuel will also work in older cars too.
The "Green" power from Electricity is mostly produced from heating water to make steam to drive turbines. When Gas the majority fuel used to do this and the Nuclear power isn't enough for the demand, Diesel generators back that up.
E10 Ethanol Petrol is not 'Green' - it does not perform as well as straight unleaded fuel and you can lose up to 120 miles range per tank full - more fuel to do the same? Ridiculous. Era added to Diesel as an additive also reduces the economy of larger diesel vehicles. Another bit of 'Green' lunacy.
An electric car battery lasts perhaps 6-7 years, the car costs half as much again as an equivalent Petrol or Diesel car and has to be scrapped as the battery can't be renewed. The 20 year life span of a Petrol or Diesel car with a clean burning engine produces less emissions than the 3 battery cars you will need to obtain parity of working life.
Oh and don't forget burning wet wood biomass that is 'Green' because it is renewable, it produces way more CO2 than the Coal it is supposed to replace. All the while the Biomass derived from cutting down CO2 processing trees in America, which are then chipped and shipped over the Atlantic to Britain by oil burning ship, burned wet, whilst it takes 10-20 years to replace the sacrificed trees is sheer lunacy. I have been saying this for sometime and suddenly people are waking up to this. At last.
The bottom line on the JSO 'activists'
The reality is that their actions are in some cases unlawful and by alienating the public, they are not gaining the support they crave - and they wonder why this is?
It isn't rocket science - stopping ordinary citizens working or going about their lawful business is both unlawful and counter productive. The standing vehicles in jams or having to divert uses up more oil rather than less. Another own goal.
People are heartily fed up with the results of the actions of these 'entitled' few protestors and the 'Activists' far from gaining support from the public are generating resentment by 'going down the wrong road'. Indeed, they often themselves have CO2 footprints that are very large when you track their social media exploits and travels around the globe.
The Police need to take positive action for the safety of these 'Activists' before someone is badly injured or dies.
I have no issue with legitimate protest that does not impede the progress or passage of people who wish to go about their lawful business. If they wish to change things, the ballot box is the place, not anarchic street protests.
However, it seems that these people are not content to stand at the side of the road to get their message across, they have to stand on it and cause damage. By doing this, they have crossed a line and as such sympathy to their cause is almost entirely lost along with the patience of the ordinary citizens who are inconvenienced..
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