delusional, just delusional, like stopping hard workign people going to work help the cause, go protest in china and india where the problem is. Your are just cowards
I think because then only a small handful of people would ever hear that it happened. This is what confuses some people: It's really not about the number of people directly affected on the day by the protests, It's about the people who actually hear about the protests.
Im on these people's side, and ive gotta agree. Do things against the posh, the upper classes and upper middle classes. Interrupt horse races, posh sporting events. Do somet in Wimbledon. Vandalise Westminster. Dont just inconvenience people you want on your side.
why does it? its a great policy idea.. fuel bills are the highest they've ever been, government policy change will help reduce those bills across the UK
@@louise6395 never said the movement was bad it’s just the way the protesters go about it. I don’t know if you saw the video but recently they threw a can of tomato soup and a painting then glued their hands to the wall. There’s a way to protest without being violent or obnoxious, they should take a lesson or 2 from the way Martin Luther king protested.
These people don't know anything about construction clearly. It would cost tens of thousands of pounds per house to correctly insulate Victorian properties without causing damage to the fabric of the building and potentially making things even worse.
@@louise6395 not this way buddy. this doesn't affect anyone but the working class who commute to and from their work to feed their family. They don't work they don't get paid, insulation won't do much difference if you're homeless and can't pay for basic needs will it??
I have to say though, I don't think there is a person in the UK who is not aware of their cause now. Not sure if that will turn into action, but you can't deny they raised awareness in a very short space of time. I also wonder how angry people are? I know the right wing are frothing at the mouth. But the right wing froth at the mouth any time you suggest not destroying the planet might be a good idea. The mere mention of a wind turbine sets them off. I don't think they were ever going to be on side, especially because action would require the government spending money on poor people rather than their wealthy donors. So the question then is, did they alienate people who would naturally have been allies but were not aware of the issue? I don't know the answer to that one?
@@justblairthompson Yes people may now know about their cause, but they most definitely don't support it after their selfish dangerous behaviour. Most are cheering that 9 have been thrown in jail.
@@isaacr3131 I know plenty of people who are now very much supportive of insulating properties. You say most are cheering, perhaps most people in your bubble are... But be honest, are you into green politics or against it normally? I'm not especially green as such, (I like motorbikes and cars too much). But I am not anti either and neither are my circle of friends. I dont think I have seen anyone I know cheering.
When was the last time you heard the news cover a protest at a Government building? As many people as this is inconveniencing and angering, there as just as many people being inspired and radicalized by their message.
@@amiciprocul8501 I live in London and you can't walk past Parliament without seeing another protest and people are still gluing themselves.It's just that so many protestors are making a noise outside and in these buildings-not just climate, but asylumn, wrongful arrest,BLM that individual protests get lost amongst the many.Then they don't get media attention.If you're ever in London go to Westminster and you will see what I mean.
Who would have thought that bullying and inconveniencing the general public to the point they can't feed their loves ones or get them to hospital would turn them against you! Who could have possibly foreseen?!
so what? if in 20 years we die and we cannot live in Earth anymore your problem is not just going to hospital buddy. They are not wrong, but what they do is not gonna change anything if we all don't unite and stop pointing fingers.... but yeah.
@@mimitizzano the size of the impact of using super glue is so incomparably tiny to having any kind of meaningful effect on the trajectory of our species the systemic impact on climate change on this planet. I'm sure you can see the scale of difference. Obviously no one would be bothering to do any kind of protest - with or without super glue - they didn't believe they had some reasonable chance of huge systemic impact. While your pedantically nitpicking on these tiny little details, I encourage you to just experiment with exploring the other side of the debate, As you might actually learn something, rather than just play the same old sport of how can I be judgemental and critical about these people I don't really understand.
How is a bunch of self riteous and generally financially stable old people harassing the working class gonna get anyone to support the cause? This is a tonedeaf, privileged, and pretentious way to protest.
@Alex Holmes If you really cared about the state of the environment you'd be condemning these people too, because the only thing they've accomplished is causing regular people to reject their message.
@alexholmes5026 so Protests also include Vandalisme💀🤨 and just like the above said, the way of Protest what's Wrong... Also No Protest doesn't mean No Democracy, don't twist the truth
Consider if they are not simply funded by some outside powers to make some crisis in UK. recently in germany the journalists reaserch done by DW media recognized, that most of the pro-eco organizations were funded by russia actually. :)
@@patkelly6349 if my house was cold I’d go to Home Depot and buy insulation. I wouldn’t sit in the street and complain. Because complaining about things does not solve problems. If you want to solve problems you have to do that yourself.
@@worldsstongeststrains983 isn't the point that they are doing it on behalf of those that can't just go do that? Unless you expect 90 year old Elsie up in her roof space tucking fibreglass between the beams?
"people dont understand your message" "im sorry they dont understand" so you aren't going to try and help your own cause by trying to explain it better. nice, very nice
@ImTooPhat I'd maybe argue against inhereted wealth. But otherwise agree. If XR and Insulate want to make a difference then they would do well by addressing the lifestyles of ultra net worth individuals. They cause around 36% of global emissions. The top 10% accounts for 52% of global emissions. Stopping Jeff the Plumber on his way to work when his carbon emissions are 12 tonnes per year isn't going to have the impact.
Isn’t public support what they need to make a change? Otherwise the government can just push them to the side very easily due to the hate from the public.
@@BurgerBoysTV But you can create change by creating enough suffering in the public that the government has to listen to your demands. It is honestly a genius idea if they actually keep up with it.
A lady who works at a corner shop near me. Her and her Sister both had covid. They sat in ibed together with masks on. I was like, are you kidding me!!!
A lot of them seem to be of retirement age, or of a social class where home-working or even activism is their sole means of income. Very little empathy for every day people trying to work. The cause is so important, but this is the age of vindictive mud slinging: The public will become actively anti-environment to spite them.
Especially what they are doing results in worsening the pollution: idling vehicles not getting anywhere. Remember Extinction Rebellion back then when they disrupt, of all the vehicles, an electric train? Jubilee Line, it seems.
@@joemcconnell2674 Part of the answer, but not completely. It still has capacity disadvantage of an automobile, and it only solves the personal transit problem.
@@dbclass4075 Yet they are supposed to be encouraging people to use public transport instead of cars. It seems the aim is to stop people travelling full stop and in their ideal world people will be trapped in their neighbourhoods where they live and work and not be able to visit family and friends or go on holiday. That would mean having to live in stack and pack housing in mega cities instead of sprawling suburbs, small towns and the countryside. Rosa Koire warned us about this. RIP.
So, advice for these protesters: Glue ysourselves to your local MPs car, to his/her house door. Camp in his/her garden. The MPs are the ones you want to influence. Make their lives miserable untill they pass the legislation just to get a better quality of life. Get a special team to harrass the government, concentrate on the ministers and ministry workers.
This is what i was thinking since day 1 of their blockade. They are angering the common people but they aren’t confronting the MPs or the prime minister for their qualms.
Good idea. But actually they will be protected by harassment laws or something like that. While being an hindrance to random people won’t get you in jail.
I can understand what they are fighting for. What I cannot understand is the method. Why do these people simply not care that they are holding up doctors, nurses, patients, people who need help. It is very callous & heartless to do what they do. I personally think if anyone dies as a result of their actions e.g in the back of an ambulance, they should be tried for murder.
Because they've elevated themselves as morally virtuous, and therefore NOTHING can get in the way of the riteous cause. It's narcissism, and it's absolutely endemic across our society, not just in these people. It's the new religion. People who do not follow the "correct" path do not get into heaven.
Is that a GAS Stove in her home?? 11:25 - Hypocrite. Look at all those wine bottles - OIL is involved. She doesn't have to have wine. People should go to her home and block her from going out, even if she needs an emergency heart surgury (by their logic)
"How did you get here so quickly?" Camera man who filmed their gathering:👁👄👁 Also glad that lady is no longer a teacher, she did a great favor to a lot of parents.
These have spent their whole lives doing what they want and now they have decided to save the planet and to stop everyone else living their lives-hypocrites
It won't be allowed to work for the simple reason others will replicate it for their cause. It's why governments don't negotiate with terrorists. You just encourage others to do the same
@@NinjaVestos Got far more people talking about it that they would’ve done outside parliament. As much as it angered the drivers, encouraged more people to join. Their whole point was the nations reliance on cars to get anywhere so why not clog up the infrastructure they disagree with? Ultimately this boils down to people becoming angry that they became involved without their consent and that the best way of protesting is one which they aren’t forced to notice. To use a completely different example. I’m sure Americans would’ve loved it if the freedom marches only took place on quiet disused roads and didn’t keep hard working people awake at night.
They seem to misunderstand human nature, if I was stuck in traffic because of this protest, I’d be more inclined to put my car in neutral and rev it in spite. Their reason may be just but they obviously do not truly care because they chose the most ineffective method possible.
How many homes could they have personally insulated in the time they wasted in glueing themselves to public infrastructure? This is very misguided. While the cause of urban renewal is just - this is not the way to go about it. That shot of them passing around a bowl of superglue like some kind of communion bread is what pushed me over the edge.
see these protesters all over, they feel so empowered for their cause but then stop just before actually doing anything about it. wants to get houses insulated....never buys a roll of foam and volunteers to install it wants police reform...never bothers join or even work with the police
It would cost tens of thousands of pounds per house to correctly insulate a Victorian property. These people haven't got a clue about construction, modern or otherwise. Ignorance is bliss.
I'm confused, you can obtain many grants for insulation, heating, windows for your home. what is the government not doing. my elderly parents had the insulation done already and the grants are still available. maybe they should get a job insulating the homes they think are not getting done.
@@ajorngjdonaydbr they will have insulated their homes. I know I have but the average person has not. Their point is that it is not individual responsibility it needs to come from government otherwise it will not get done.
@@hannahwilliams7512 I'm one of those people who lives in a heat inefficient home, I also live in Northern Ireland where the vast majority still have oil tanks in our back gardens and that's how we heat our homes. No mention of that brought up. Yet again it's just a group over privileged toffs who have no right to speak on behalf of people who do. They have their own voices
@@hannahwilliams7512 exactly. All the people shipping out this line are taking an individualistic stance on an issue requiring systemic change. That's decades of right wing government and media pushing the individual is everything narrative 😑
There is a company called Build For Humanity who are giving out grants for insulation and making your house more eco friendly. People are completely missing Kents initial comment.
"Ordinary people like me are willing to die for this cause." Sorry but you're not ordinary. Ordinary people are going to work not gluing themselves to tarmac. Another person is saying he's gonna get 2 years in prison, lose his house and his job... and he is happy about it. These people have lost the plot.
Instead of going out and being kicked, punched, dragged, and insulted you could just start a charity. Set up a way to pick houses, hire insulators, and get all homes in Britain insulated. If the government won't do it Do It YOURSELF!
Insulation or lackthereof is hardly the most worrying matter of social injustice in the world. It startles me that someone thought to protest about it.
this one woman ex teacher has been arrested 12 times and let out she should be sent to main stream prison system amongst hardened criminals drug addicts and left there for at least a year and be told if you don't this again it will be 2 years
The tory cuts have killed more people than the protests but if this worked and they were going to make your house warmer then you would have to refuse because you are against the way it was done
Q. How much insulation would be needed to insulate Britain? A. Assuming they mean just the buildings, each home needs about 100m2 of insulation, and there are (say) 20 million homes which need insulating. That's 2 billion square meters of insulation (what's that in football pitches? - ed). That would stretch to the moon and back 2,600 times, or is the same length as 120 million whales, so it's rather a lot (that's only 3 trillion stuffed hedgehogs - ed). But don't forget all the other materials you would need: 1 billion square meters of plasterboard (making this generates a huge amount of CO2), 10 billion screws and nails, 1 billion square meters of plastic vapour barrier (even more CO2), 20-40 million additional lorry journeys, and you must install double glazing too, and under-floor heating. How much CO2 would be created by doing all this, and how much would be saved? I think they cancel each other out, so it doesn't really make any sense. New-build houses must, of course, be fully insulated, with under-floor heating and heat pumps. But if the UK warms up a bit (don't forget global warming), then you won't need the insulation (except maybe to keep you cool). So the "Insulate Britain" bunch are assuming it will not get warmer then? I'm confused.
What about the pollution created by manufacturing the insulation in the first place? Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't most insulation material derived from petroleum?
Does she know every kitchen in the U.S. has a electric can opener ? They're only $20. Cuts pork and bean prep time in half! More time to lie in the road oblivious to your neighbors needs AND rights.
This has to be one of the least effective method of getting anything done. Without a doubt it's going to alienate more people than recruit people to their cause
@@gaaversy When vast swathes of the world are no longer inhabitable will you go “that showed Insulate Britain”? The statistics show that you are an outlier and disruptive methods like this are effective.
@@silentone6411 this would make sense if the government cared about us but they don’t so its better to bother the government and not the ordinary people eg just like the lorry driver said, they should be gluing themselves to government buildings. 🤦🏽♀️
There is one fact here..... When Insulate Britain are being interviewed it's always great comedy value, until you realise that it's made up entirely of people with severe mental issues, in reality it's becomes like watching an episode of the Jeremy Kyle Show.
@@deivytrajan Seemed to have plenty of free money for imaginary PPE, A failed test and trace system, A bit of HS2 or anything else our MPs second employers wanted them to spend it on. Insulating homes would help the poorest and most vulnerable in our society, you know the ones that can't buy their own MPs for half a million pounds.
@@bettyswallocks6411 So, by blocking the road to cars, vans, ambulances and fire engines, getting people stressed out and angry, not at the goverment, but at a bunch of narcissists preaching about something that can be either cheaply bought or done through grants to those on benefits. Hmm...
Their message isn't the problem... they are targeting the WRONG people. Average people just trying to live. This is not affecting the government nor do they care about 10 "activists" blocking a road. They really need to rethink this. Blocking the road is a failing means to get the message across.
I have to laugh at this her house windows aren’t double glaze and the letterbox hasn’t got a cover over it think of all the heat is going out of that What a mad woman feel sorry for her family
Once the nine are released from her Majesty's pleasure they'll find things a bit different the next time they have to take out insurance, or re-mortgage the house, or apply for a job.
None of them need to work, they're probably have a nice income coming in from their private pension or property portfolio. I guess they could always be stripped of their assets...
When I buy a house I get down the builders yard and buy the insulation and fit it myself, I don't know what world these people live in thinking the government should pay for everyones insulation, that means people who have bothered to do their own insulating and then have to pay for every one else's through taxes. Maybe they should by a van and go and insulate a few houses.
With the money they spend on glue and the time they waste using said glue to stick themselves to roads they probably would've insulated a few houses by now.
Still waiting for the lady….”whose children will die a horrible death in 20 years“ to appear in court and get her four to six months. She has been in most of the media shots at various traffic blocks and was seen during a training session describing tactics to others. Maybe having a criminal record will affect her chances of being employed as a teacher……but she will say it was worth it? I wonder……
They are losing public support. People are sick and tired of it. Most think the whole movement is a WEF scam and are don't care about the cause any more.its only a matter time before someone gets badly hurt.
It is a bit ridiculous that many houses aren't properly insulated. I live in Finland. Houses all have very thick cavity insulation here, doubled windows so basically 4 layers of glass and double doors. Fair enough, it reaches - 30 in some places but still I have never felt as cold in Finland in a building as I have when I was living in England. And we don't use heating that much in the buildings I have lived in.
But unlike Finland, we get over 38c heat in the summer. So I don’t get why these people want us to insulate our homes for us to end up needing air conditioning for 3/4 months of the year? Ridiculous.
It is not about "insulation" - or any other matter these middle-class anarchists come up with. It is just about wanting to cause trouble for ordinary people. And Guardian supports this with a long, admiring report.
it's a shame that people these days are protesting against all the wrong things. there are problems in this country that need more attention like countless crimes, the homeless, poverty, technology taking over peoples jobs, where has our industry gone, why are public services being sold for a profit, why areour councils and public services being closed by stealth. why are they building houses on places that used to be factories and businesses. some of the real issues in this country seem to be over looked by a lot of people. we have food banks because people can't afford to feed themselves and the probelm is getting worse.
These extremists are a joke. They deserve at least to be put on probation and if they do it again, jail. just like anyone else that would lay down in traffic.
They’re making it worse, all those cars they hold up are just sitting there burning oil and letting fumes into the air, and once they can drive again they’ll have to go buy more oil giving the company’s more money!
These people are self-righteous beyond belief. And the fact that Damien Gayle is helping to publicize them is outrageous whilst (from his constant smile) treating it like it's all a big joke.
Enough is Enough: the cost of living crisis and climate campaigns heat up ► th-cam.com/video/65d7ALqZUb0/w-d-xo.html
We hate The Guardian and the Fabian clique!
delusional, just delusional, like stopping hard workign people going to work help the cause, go protest in china and india where the problem is. Your are just cowards
These ppl need to be placed in asylums
I can't belive I'm doing thus because I've never er done anything ever before in my life because I'm veryover privileged
@@billymink maybe some might be privileged, but theyre well educated, which you clearly arent
why not block mps driveways instead of blocking the working class going to work
And celebrities who fly private jets.
That wouldn’t garner the same attention as this method.
@@coraldiamond1922 yo
I think because then only a small handful of people would ever hear that it happened. This is what confuses some people: It's really not about the number of people directly affected on the day by the protests, It's about the people who actually hear about the protests.
Insult now what happen in hk everyone
The irony is that these pensioners block the way of the people going to work and paying for their pensions
And their pensions will be paid by the next generation and so on and so.on.
That's on top of their private pensions.
Use your eyes, ID!OT - there are plenty of millennials and Gen Z in that rabble.
@@jackx4311 the worst parasites
They can’t claim their pension if the world is destroyed.
This is a text book example of how not to get the public on your side
Im on these people's side, and ive gotta agree. Do things against the posh, the upper classes and upper middle classes. Interrupt horse races, posh sporting events. Do somet in Wimbledon. Vandalise Westminster. Dont just inconvenience people you want on your side.
@@flightlesslord2688 i cant tell if your kidding or not lol
@@flightlesslord2688 what's wrong with the middle class?
@@arrielradja5522 they said UPPER middle class
@@flightlesslord2688 by your mean, They might as well stop people from getting Healthy in Hospitals so You gain the Attention of the entire Country
I live in the US and even though I don’t experience this it still infuriates me.
@BFTtheTRUTH yeah… just another reason for me to not live in a city.
why does it? its a great policy idea.. fuel bills are the highest they've ever been, government policy change will help reduce those bills across the UK
@@louise6395 never said the movement was bad it’s just the way the protesters go about it. I don’t know if you saw the video but recently they threw a can of tomato soup and a painting then glued their hands to the wall. There’s a way to protest without being violent or obnoxious, they should take a lesson or 2 from the way Martin Luther king protested.
These people don't know anything about construction clearly. It would cost tens of thousands of pounds per house to correctly insulate Victorian properties without causing damage to the fabric of the building and potentially making things even worse.
@@louise6395 not this way buddy. this doesn't affect anyone but the working class who commute to and from their work to feed their family. They don't work they don't get paid, insulation won't do much difference if you're homeless and can't pay for basic needs will it??
Mostly unemployed, retired or on a break from education with no respect for normal working people. How it’s allowed to go on is beyond me.
U don't have guns. That's how
Because the so called "police" are now protecting the JSO's blocking of the roads.
They don't annoy the people in charge rather than the public.
That's why.
Use electric cars better than petroleum cars
Electric cars are super expensive. @Lanz Galang.
@@lanzgalang5028 make public transport better
@@lanzgalang5028 no thanks
@@lanzgalang5028 where do you get electricity?. Mostly by burning fossil fuel to run generators.
Never in a million years will their tactics get people flooding to their cause. You can't anger the public and get them on your side .
I think that perhaps they do not feel like the public.
Maybe that’s their point. Think about it. Maybe they are tories in disguise or being manipulated by them.
I have to say though, I don't think there is a person in the UK who is not aware of their cause now. Not sure if that will turn into action, but you can't deny they raised awareness in a very short space of time.
I also wonder how angry people are? I know the right wing are frothing at the mouth. But the right wing froth at the mouth any time you suggest not destroying the planet might be a good idea. The mere mention of a wind turbine sets them off. I don't think they were ever going to be on side, especially because action would require the government spending money on poor people rather than their wealthy donors.
So the question then is, did they alienate people who would naturally have been allies but were not aware of the issue? I don't know the answer to that one?
@@justblairthompson Yes people may now know about their cause, but they most definitely don't support it after their selfish dangerous behaviour. Most are cheering that 9 have been thrown in jail.
@@isaacr3131 I know plenty of people who are now very much supportive of insulating properties.
You say most are cheering, perhaps most people in your bubble are... But be honest, are you into green politics or against it normally?
I'm not especially green as such, (I like motorbikes and cars too much). But I am not anti either and neither are my circle of friends. I dont think I have seen anyone I know cheering.
Lorry driver has a point. Why not glue themselves to government buildings?
Because state approved protestors always target the public.
or energy company
When was the last time you heard the news cover a protest at a Government building? As many people as this is inconveniencing and angering, there as just as many people being inspired and radicalized by their message.
@@amiciprocul8501 I live in London and you can't walk past Parliament without seeing another protest and people are still gluing themselves.It's just that so many protestors are making a noise outside and in these buildings-not just climate, but asylumn, wrongful arrest,BLM that individual protests get lost amongst the many.Then they don't get media attention.If you're ever in London go to Westminster and you will see what I mean.
they do
People who don’t/won’t work preventing those who do from getting to their jobs must be the ultimate irony.
This exactly
Guy: "Youre beginning to notice"...
Me: "no, i'm beginning to get angry!"
Who would have thought that bullying and inconveniencing the general public to the point they can't feed their loves ones or get them to hospital would turn them against you! Who could have possibly foreseen?!
The point is not to change the climate, it's to deconstruct our civilization while other nations take power.
Yep!
so what? if in 20 years we die and we cannot live in Earth anymore your problem is not just going to hospital buddy. They are not wrong, but what they do is not gonna change anything if we all don't unite and stop pointing fingers.... but yeah.
tHeY CaN'T FeEd tHeIr lOvEs oNeS as if there's no other means to travel but cars
@@JoseSilva-nf2xs well if you have health issues, then ye there isent much choice. im handicaped, i cant walk or use a bike, but i can drive a car.
The irony of causing congestion while protesting about climate is top notch keep it up folks.
Yes and not to mention the glue they are using which is bad for the environment. These people are thick in the head.
It’s not irony, it’s narcissistic ignorance
@@mimitizzano the size of the impact of using super glue is so incomparably tiny to having any kind of meaningful effect on the trajectory of our species the systemic impact on climate change on this planet. I'm sure you can see the scale of difference.
Obviously no one would be bothering to do any kind of protest - with or without super glue - they didn't believe they had some reasonable chance of huge systemic impact.
While your pedantically nitpicking on these tiny little details, I encourage you to just experiment with exploring the other side of the debate, As you might actually learn something, rather than just play the same old sport of how can I be judgemental and critical about these people I don't really understand.
@@lampseven4894 Well yes it's not irony.... it's hypocrisy.
Ironically your not realising that is also ignorance 😅
Coming from someone who knows less than anybody about effective forms of protest
How is a bunch of self riteous and generally financially stable old people harassing the working class gonna get anyone to support the cause?
This is a tonedeaf, privileged, and pretentious way to protest.
Gluing yourself to the "road surface" or the "pavement" you call sidewalks is resisting arrest
@Alex Holmes If you really cared about the state of the environment you'd be condemning these people too, because the only thing they've accomplished is causing regular people to reject their message.
If you are rich enough to own a car, you are NOT working class.
@alexholmes5026 so Protests also include Vandalisme💀🤨 and just like the above said, the way of Protest what's Wrong... Also No Protest doesn't mean No Democracy, don't twist the truth
Consider if they are not simply funded by some outside powers to make some crisis in UK. recently in germany the journalists reaserch done by DW media recognized, that most of the pro-eco organizations were funded by russia actually. :)
Britain:
“We need to insulate our homes, it’s too cold” (Lays in the streets instead)
😂😂😂
typical teachers just rabble
@@patkelly6349 if my house was cold I’d go to Home Depot and buy insulation. I wouldn’t sit in the street and complain. Because complaining about things does not solve problems. If you want to solve problems you have to do that yourself.
@@worldsstongeststrains983 yes I agree
@@worldsstongeststrains983 for sure I couldn’t agree more
@@worldsstongeststrains983 isn't the point that they are doing it on behalf of those that can't just go do that? Unless you expect 90 year old Elsie up in her roof space tucking fibreglass between the beams?
"people dont understand your message" "im sorry they dont understand" so you aren't going to try and help your own cause by trying to explain it better. nice, very nice
We hate them because they target poor working people. If they go after ultra high net worth individuals I might actually change my views.
You don`t understand . They want poor people to open their eyes
@ImTooPhat I'd maybe argue against inhereted wealth. But otherwise agree.
If XR and Insulate want to make a difference then they would do well by addressing the lifestyles of ultra net worth individuals.
They cause around 36% of global emissions.
The top 10% accounts for 52% of global emissions.
Stopping Jeff the Plumber on his way to work when his carbon emissions are 12 tonnes per year isn't going to have the impact.
Shame they don’t listen to any form of criticism, otherwise they might take that to mind.
@ImTooPhat others might disagree
one of their mindless mantras is that they "are not political" so targetting big business or those in charge might go against that silly philosophy..
Ain’t no way these are hungry people, hungry people don’t have time for this BS, there are better ways to protest.
They are retired middle aged toffs. They have no problem with money
@@imranasghar8690 Or people working in funded non jobs who get given time off for this.
Whatever gave you the impression that they're "hungry" people?
To twitter we go!
Isn’t public support what they need to make a change? Otherwise the government can just push them to the side very easily due to the hate from the public.
That's what should happen. They are a radical minority that should be ignored entirely.
But you don't get support by annoying people. You can't seriously expect people to support this.
Exactly. They're doing the government a favour by acting like an extremist group.
@@BurgerBoysTV that was his point
@@BurgerBoysTV But you can create change by creating enough suffering in the public that the government has to listen to your demands. It is honestly a genius idea if they actually keep up with it.
That woman is the type who lives life in fear. Probably the type who wore a mask when she was alone in the house
People wore mask while alone in their house? lol
@@armandpeanutspinou3430 and driving alone in cars
@@garyvahl7658 Which one?
A lady who works at a corner shop near me. Her and her Sister both had covid. They sat in ibed together with masks on. I was like, are you kidding me!!!
@@jaceelliott9659 I think that some people would love lockdowns for ever. These people live in perpetual fear.
A lot of them seem to be of retirement age, or of a social class where home-working or even activism is their sole means of income. Very little empathy for every day people trying to work. The cause is so important, but this is the age of vindictive mud slinging: The public will become actively anti-environment to spite them.
Especially what they are doing results in worsening the pollution: idling vehicles not getting anywhere. Remember Extinction Rebellion back then when they disrupt, of all the vehicles, an electric train? Jubilee Line, it seems.
All people that live at home more.
Electric cars are the answer.
@@joemcconnell2674 Part of the answer, but not completely. It still has capacity disadvantage of an automobile, and it only solves the personal transit problem.
@@dbclass4075 Yet they are supposed to be encouraging people to use public transport instead of cars. It seems the aim is to stop people travelling full stop and in their ideal world people will be trapped in their neighbourhoods where they live and work and not be able to visit family and friends or go on holiday. That would mean having to live in stack and pack housing in mega cities instead of sprawling suburbs, small towns and the countryside. Rosa Koire warned us about this. RIP.
So, advice for these protesters: Glue ysourselves to your local MPs car, to his/her house door. Camp in his/her garden. The MPs are the ones you want to influence. Make their lives miserable untill they pass the legislation just to get a better quality of life. Get a special team to harrass the government, concentrate on the ministers and ministry workers.
True!
This is what i was thinking since day 1 of their blockade. They are angering the common people but they aren’t confronting the MPs or the prime minister for their qualms.
Too logical. These people are artsy/humanities touchy-feely types, for whom logic is a bit too hard.
Good idea. But actually they will be protected by harassment laws or something like that. While being an hindrance to random people won’t get you in jail.
They probably lock you up for terrorism if you do that
I can understand what they are fighting for. What I cannot understand is the method. Why do these people simply not care that they are holding up doctors, nurses, patients, people who need help. It is very callous & heartless to do what they do. I personally think if anyone dies as a result of their actions e.g in the back of an ambulance, they should be tried for murder.
Council repair workers, plumbers, shop assistants, vets and social workers as well.
@@lemsip207 All driving cars they were told to buy by lack of any alternative.
Because they've elevated themselves as morally virtuous, and therefore NOTHING can get in the way of the riteous cause. It's narcissism, and it's absolutely endemic across our society, not just in these people.
It's the new religion. People who do not follow the "correct" path do not get into heaven.
Because they're middle class...and apparently the working class need their eyes opened....not the upper class that can make the changes etc....
Well if you do some research about the group, they tried every method of protest you can find in a book.
Is that a GAS Stove in her home?? 11:25 - Hypocrite.
Look at all those wine bottles - OIL is involved. She doesn't have to have wine. People should go to her home and block her from going out, even if she needs an emergency heart surgury (by their logic)
"How did you get here so quickly?" Camera man who filmed their gathering:👁👄👁
Also glad that lady is no longer a teacher, she did a great favor to a lot of parents.
You're so right ❤👍
Best comment!! 👏 That teacher would have been indoctrinating kids with her nonsense.
These have spent their whole lives doing what they want and now they have decided to save the planet and to stop everyone else living their lives-hypocrites
I know right, not that they have their pension they are annoying and working people
they all seem very middle class. probably don't understand that if someone misses a day's work they can't feed their children or pay their bills
“Can this type of protest ever work?” Short answer no long answer no
Or their mansion/private jets/fleets of 4x4's/aircraft carry size yachts/and now, their rocket ships...?
@@FightCollective I get that but this way of protesting is very annoying
It won't be allowed to work for the simple reason others will replicate it for their cause. It's why governments don't negotiate with terrorists. You just encourage others to do the same
@@NinjaVestos Got far more people talking about it that they would’ve done outside parliament. As much as it angered the drivers, encouraged more people to join. Their whole point was the nations reliance on cars to get anywhere so why not clog up the infrastructure they disagree with? Ultimately this boils down to people becoming angry that they became involved without their consent and that the best way of protesting is one which they aren’t forced to notice. To use a completely different example. I’m sure Americans would’ve loved it if the freedom marches only took place on quiet disused roads and didn’t keep hard working people awake at night.
yes, it didn't work for the suffragettes, did it? oh wait...
That women saying “I’d die for the cause to stop my children dying a horrible death in 20 years” what from,not having insulation in your house ?😂😂😂😂😂
Would you rather have those careless boomers? Atleast she cares about the future and is not showing the "I will be dead by then" attitude.
@@Mgameing123 With how she's handling the situation, I'd rather have uninterested boomers.
They’re all old and retired, have nothing better to do. If they really cared they should have done something earlier
Nah they couldnt because they had to go to work.
"I've got quite dry skin so I stick to tarmac well" Is this a new fly on the wall style comedy series?
i laughed when i saw the glue basket.
Some people need to be punched for blocking roads.
I agree
worse part is that theyve probably blocked some doctors or surgeons that needs to save some dying patients
It was later found out these activities were hired by the insulation industry
The more effective method of protest would be a hunger strike.
We would all support that
One lady has gone on hunger strike.
@@jakecross4628 let’s hope she sees it through
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Simple if you block people from getting to work then they lose money and they get stressed because of fools not doing things the right way.
Especially if you stop someone from seeing a dying loved one.
@@Supraboyes exactly, when I lived in Bristol the XR momentum was killed off when they stopped a man seeing his dying father.
"Beginning to notice"? Drivers don't care about the cause
“No singing, no dancing no swearing this is a respectable house”. WRONG. It’s a BORING HOUSE
They should glue themselves on a railway to stop a train
They seem to misunderstand human nature, if I was stuck in traffic because of this protest, I’d be more inclined to put my car in neutral and rev it in spite. Their reason may be just but they obviously do not truly care because they chose the most ineffective method possible.
Do we even have to ask this question? Pretty obvious why people hate them
How many homes could they have personally insulated in the time they wasted in glueing themselves to public infrastructure? This is very misguided. While the cause of urban renewal is just - this is not the way to go about it. That shot of them passing around a bowl of superglue like some kind of communion bread is what pushed me over the edge.
see these protesters all over, they feel so empowered for their cause but then stop just before actually doing anything about it.
wants to get houses insulated....never buys a roll of foam and volunteers to install it
wants police reform...never bothers join or even work with the police
@@007zenmaster if they glued themselves to homes they will be helping to insulate Britain
They've been asked that so many times and rather conveniently they avoid answering it every time
It would cost tens of thousands of pounds per house to correctly insulate a Victorian property. These people haven't got a clue about construction, modern or otherwise. Ignorance is bliss.
@Alex Holmes Have you done your house?
I'm confused, you can obtain many grants for insulation, heating, windows for your home. what is the government not doing. my elderly parents had the insulation done already and the grants are still available. maybe they should get a job insulating the homes they think are not getting done.
They want it all paid for by the government instead of digging into their quite large private pensions and trust funds
@@ajorngjdonaydbr they will have insulated their homes. I know I have but the average person has not. Their point is that it is not individual responsibility it needs to come from government otherwise it will not get done.
@@hannahwilliams7512 I'm one of those people who lives in a heat inefficient home, I also live in Northern Ireland where the vast majority still have oil tanks in our back gardens and that's how we heat our homes. No mention of that brought up. Yet again it's just a group over privileged toffs who have no right to speak on behalf of people who do. They have their own voices
@@hannahwilliams7512 exactly. All the people shipping out this line are taking an individualistic stance on an issue requiring systemic change. That's decades of right wing government and media pushing the individual is everything narrative 😑
There is a company called Build For Humanity who are giving out grants for insulation and making your house more eco friendly. People are completely missing Kents initial comment.
"Ordinary people like me are willing to die for this cause." Sorry but you're not ordinary. Ordinary people are going to work not gluing themselves to tarmac. Another person is saying he's gonna get 2 years in prison, lose his house and his job... and he is happy about it. These people have lost the plot.
Look at these old people who have enjoyed the benefits of oil and not they are harassing other people
Instead of going out and being kicked, punched, dragged, and insulted you could just start a charity.
Set up a way to pick houses, hire insulators, and get all homes in Britain insulated.
If the government won't do it Do It YOURSELF!
Do you honestly think there would be enough charity money to fully insulate Britain's homes? The government needs to roll it out nationally.
@@couldbeanybody2508 hahaha you and I both know neither will ever happen because no one really cares
Insulation or lackthereof is hardly the most worrying matter of social injustice in the world. It startles me that someone thought to protest about it.
conservative solution to every social problem sTaRt a cHaRiTy
@@nostur4984 whataboutism. the fact of the matter is its a problem as thus deserves to be addressed.
They are just a bunch of bored old people with enough money to get by messing with other people's lives.
There should be consequences for their acts.
this one woman ex teacher has been arrested 12 times and let out she should be sent to main stream prison system amongst hardened criminals drug addicts and left there for at least a year and be told if you don't this again it will be 2 years
@@thomasshepard6030 agreed
Don't hate them, but when they're sat blocking roads and not letting Ambulances down them, then it becomes a wee bit hard not to get angry at them
The tory cuts have killed more people than the protests but if this worked and they were going to make your house warmer then you would have to refuse because you are against the way it was done
This is how productive people go about their day- discussing how to glue their hands to the pavement.
Min 4:45 Activist is smoking but is hoping the World is getting better.... WHAT A JOKE
Q. How much insulation would be needed to insulate Britain?
A. Assuming they mean just the buildings, each home needs about 100m2 of insulation, and there are (say) 20 million homes which need insulating. That's 2 billion square meters of insulation (what's that in football pitches? - ed). That would stretch to the moon and back 2,600 times, or is the same length as 120 million whales, so it's rather a lot (that's only 3 trillion stuffed hedgehogs - ed). But don't forget all the other materials you would need: 1 billion square meters of plasterboard (making this generates a huge amount of CO2), 10 billion screws and nails, 1 billion square meters of plastic vapour barrier (even more CO2), 20-40 million additional lorry journeys, and you must install double glazing too, and under-floor heating. How much CO2 would be created by doing all this, and how much would be saved? I think they cancel each other out, so it doesn't really make any sense. New-build houses must, of course, be fully insulated, with under-floor heating and heat pumps.
But if the UK warms up a bit (don't forget global warming), then you won't need the insulation (except maybe to keep you cool). So the "Insulate Britain" bunch are assuming it will not get warmer then? I'm confused.
What about the pollution created by manufacturing the insulation in the first place? Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't most insulation material derived from petroleum?
Why not they insulate their own homes?
Yep!!!
Because when your trying to get people on Side the last thing you want to do is upset the public. Why don't they understand this.
They are zealots who believe the earth is ending in 20 years. They are absolutely unhinged.
They should be charged if something happens to people if emergency vehicles can't get through smh
That girl was smoking and she wanted to stop oil
You cannot write this stuff. 😂
Does she know every kitchen in the U.S. has a electric can opener ? They're only $20. Cuts pork and bean prep time in half! More time to lie in the road oblivious to your neighbors needs AND rights.
This has to be one of the least effective method of getting anything done. Without a doubt it's going to alienate more people than recruit people to their cause
I feel for them. It's impossible to cure stupidity. What do you do if people rather burn money heating the air outside their house?
YouGov polls showed that there was a huge spike in people saying the climate was the number one national issue post XR
@@gaaversy When vast swathes of the world are no longer inhabitable will you go “that showed Insulate Britain”? The statistics show that you are an outlier and disruptive methods like this are effective.
@@silentone6411 this would make sense if the government cared about us but they don’t so its better to bother the government and not the ordinary people eg just like the lorry driver said, they should be gluing themselves to government buildings. 🤦🏽♀️
@@andrewdixon2730 the sahara was once lush
Like the bloke said…if you stand in front of a moving car it’s your own fault
There is one fact here..... When Insulate Britain are being interviewed it's always great comedy value, until you realise that it's made up entirely of people with severe mental issues, in reality it's becomes like watching an episode of the Jeremy Kyle Show.
These type of people would fit right in on JK wouldn't they 🤣
How do they afford to pay for everything.Why isn’t Damien asking who is funding the protesters
Their cause is as hopeless as their tactics are destructive.
Well the elderly lady was about to say that she hadn’t anything else to do…and corrected herself just in time. Haha
Just glue yourselves to boris he'll notice in a few months time. Or next year
Or try and blame it on Jeremy Corbyn 💁
Insulate Britain, lives in a house with the most energy inefficient windows I've possibly ever seen FFS.
Meh, the government will replace those too... I'm sure it's all in there on the list of demands...
@@legendaryhamster2027 And Governent will also do it for free because UK gov has too much free money
@@deivytrajan Seemed to have plenty of free money for imaginary PPE, A failed test and trace system, A bit of HS2 or anything else our MPs second employers wanted them to spend it on. Insulating homes would help the poorest and most vulnerable in our society, you know the ones that can't buy their own MPs for half a million pounds.
Highlighting the poor general standard of UK house insulation, energy inefficient windows included, is their point.
@@bettyswallocks6411 So, by blocking the road to cars, vans, ambulances and fire engines, getting people stressed out and angry, not at the goverment, but at a bunch of narcissists preaching about something that can be either cheaply bought or done through grants to those on benefits. Hmm...
Their message isn't the problem... they are targeting the WRONG people. Average people just trying to live. This is not affecting the government nor do they care about 10 "activists" blocking a road. They really need to rethink this. Blocking the road is a failing means to get the message across.
This woman had a gas oven in her kitchen
The government will change if we upset the people who appoint them, the logic amazes me. It does nothing but cement the government position
The law are too lenient to these protesters. The protesters need to be throw into jail for ten years!
I have to laugh at this her house windows aren’t double glaze and the letterbox hasn’t got a cover over it think of all the heat is going out of that What a mad woman feel sorry for her family
Once the nine are released from her Majesty's pleasure they'll find things a bit different the next time they have to take out insurance, or re-mortgage the house, or apply for a job.
Let's hope they lost jobs too.
Which is why the job is best done by old age pensioners who will never have to apply for another job or mortgage.
None of them need to work, they're probably have a nice income coming in from their private pension or property portfolio. I guess they could always be stripped of their assets...
Apply for a job..Lol..
They are all rich and privileged, they Don't need to work.
A dose of pepper spray and people voluntarily leave the street and blockade is lifted.
The thing is that the government is less likely to prioritize insulation now that it may reward these protests
Same reason people hate the Guardian. Posh, southern, middle class, ignorant to the feelings of ordinary people.
I guess Southerners aren't "ordinary people" according to you.
When I buy a house I get down the builders yard and buy the insulation and fit it myself, I don't know what world these people live in thinking the government should pay for everyones insulation, that means people who have bothered to do their own insulating and then have to pay for every one else's through taxes.
Maybe they should by a van and go and insulate a few houses.
With the money they spend on glue and the time they waste using said glue to stick themselves to roads they probably would've insulated a few houses by now.
True. Each individual who buy a house should insulate the house themselves.
Still waiting for the lady….”whose children will die a horrible death in 20 years“ to appear in court and get her four to six months. She has been in most of the media shots at various traffic blocks and was seen during a training session describing tactics to others. Maybe having a criminal record will affect her chances of being employed as a teacher……but she will say it was worth it? I wonder……
Who's actually raising her children while she's doing this
@@anonomas6126 no one lol
She angers me more than anyone. Smug goody goody hypocrite. Put her in an asylum.
I mean she said she would die for it, so I bet she would also lose her job for it
They are losing public support. People are sick and tired of it. Most think the whole movement is a WEF scam and are don't care about the cause any more.its only a matter time before someone gets badly hurt.
They are helping nobody
These OAP's actually believe their tactics will save the world
It’s more than the empty platitudes we get from politicians.
Hmm really?
-.-
That fool storming off on live TV 🤣🤣🤣
Was such a big baby
Worse than piers Morgan
He came on again and they proved his own house wasn’t even insulated.
These people are nuts!!!
The irony of using petrochemical based glue!!!
if my grandma did this id genuinely disown her
Haha why?
It is a bit ridiculous that many houses aren't properly insulated. I live in Finland. Houses all have very thick cavity insulation here, doubled windows so basically 4 layers of glass and double doors. Fair enough, it reaches - 30 in some places but still I have never felt as cold in Finland in a building as I have when I was living in England. And we don't use heating that much in the buildings I have lived in.
There are free gov grants to insulate our houses - I mean that’s what I did. I don’t know what they’re complaining about.
If you live in a house built in 1889 there are no cavity.
But unlike Finland, we get over 38c heat in the summer. So I don’t get why these people want us to insulate our homes for us to end up needing air conditioning for 3/4 months of the year? Ridiculous.
@@lordwhitesk1n996 insulation is a temp regulator it lessens the need for heating and cooling .
@@lordwhitesk1n996 almost every house in Australia is insulated. If you're in a house that's not insulated and it's 40° outside, it feels 60° inside
It is not about "insulation" - or any other matter these middle-class anarchists come up with. It is just about wanting to cause trouble for ordinary people. And Guardian supports this with a long, admiring report.
@anitakawka9062How did you post that comment then?
it's a shame that people these days are protesting against all the wrong things. there are problems in this country that need more attention like countless crimes, the homeless, poverty, technology taking over peoples jobs, where has our industry gone, why are public services being sold for a profit, why areour councils and public services being closed by stealth. why are they building houses on places that used to be factories and businesses. some of the real issues in this country seem to be over looked by a lot of people. we have food banks because people can't afford to feed themselves and the probelm is getting worse.
Is Climate Change the wrong thing to protest against?
guys we cant protest because there are other things to protest
@@Mgameing123 right now, yes. We have much bigger problems than climate change
Can they go to China or India?
"Sir that would be a very dangerous thing to do" So sitting in the middle of a road and causing it isn't dangerous?
i love how a protester was smoking
Drag them off the Road , one at a time, and zip tie them to some lamp posts 😉
They must be sniffing that glue as well.
Just yank their bloody hands off the road!
These extremists are a joke. They deserve at least to be put on probation and if they do it again, jail. just like anyone else that would lay down in traffic.
Insolate is a great idea. Wallies sitting on the road is not a great idea.
How out of touch the guardian are with the public.
stop people from getting to work is getting them on your side? they new P.R manager . fuck sake, counter productive!!
well, you've heard of them now. so have i.
Where are you going to work when the planet is in ruins?
These people are delusional just because they are so afraid of the future.
I know it’s true kids trying to get to school may have an important test for a successful future
22 years off the grid, never protested once. What have these loons done for the environment? They probably all drove there.
They’re making it worse, all those cars they hold up are just sitting there burning oil and letting fumes into the air, and once they can drive again they’ll have to go buy more oil giving the company’s more money!
We hate Insulate Britain, but don't worry, we despise the Guardian just as much.
Support their cause, but boy, what a way to lose the support of the general public. I would argue that it has been a complete failure!
Older people get involved because they don't have jobs anymore and nothing better to do
These people are self-righteous beyond belief. And the fact that Damien Gayle is helping to publicize them is outrageous whilst (from his constant smile) treating it like it's all a big joke.
4:11 "To me that's a no-brainer...." Zombies don't have brains.
This is not how you protest...
lock them up