It’s got to the point where if we need to travel on the M25, we check first whether any Insulate Britain activists have glued themselves to the road. The distress and chaos they are causing has the country in uproar. Drivers leap out of their cars and try to drag the protesters off the carriageway, fights break out between protesters and frustrated drivers who have been stopped from getting where they want to go. Medical and care staff cannot get to patients, and ambulances have been prevented from getting patients to hospital.
Driving home from work today I listened on Radio 2 to a protester giving his viewpoint, and then to angry drivers whose journeys had been halted through protesters’ actions. One driver was so furious he stated that he would do his utmost to increase his carbon footprint just to spite them. Another driver asked why should the government pay to insulate Britain’s homes – surely householders should pay to do that themselves? The protester replied that he was genuinely sorry he had caused so much distress, but it was only by gluing himself to the road that would cause the government to take action and pay for homes to be insulated to stop heat escaping. Another driver hoped the protesters’ houses would be burgled while the police were wasting so much time unsticking protesters from the M25.
These modern day suffragettes are all going about it arse-about-tit. They’re causing too much anger and frustration while drivers sit fuming in traffic jams, and so far Boris hasn’t done what they want. Now protesters are taking an 11 day break to make the nation think about what they have achieved.
I’m not sure they’ve achieved anything constructive to be fair. They’ve caused lots of horrendously long tailbacks, fights, misery, shouting and screaming. I dread to think what Sam and Leon might do if they come across a group of them, as they’re both impatient and rather quick to anger.
On another tack, I wonder if these protesters would let an ambulance through if it contained one of their own loved ones? I can’t imagine they’d allow their child or partner to die in an ambulance while their colleagues were sitting down on the carriageway in front of it. I don’t know what will happen after the protesters’ 11 day break, but maybe the police should try and hurry up and think of ways to deter these people from fouling up the lives of others going about their daily business.
Sam has often said he had ice on the inside of his bedroom window as a kid. His parents couldn’t afford to insulate their house. However, he survived and put on another jumper, and now he hates too much heat – just as I do. Our house has cavity wall insulation and loft insulation, and we are happy to do our bit for climate change by turning down the thermostat and keeping our house on a steady 19 degrees. Why should the government pay to insulate people’s homes? I’ve been in houses where a wall of heat hits you as soon as the owner opens the door, and we often notice the thermostat reads 25 degrees or more. Perhaps what we can all do to combat climate change is to pay to insulate our own homes, and then turn down the thermostat to burn less fuel. What you lose on the price of insulating you will gain on lower heating bills, but it will take the whole nation to do it. Therein lies the problem…
dgkaye said:
Yup, the world is going mad. But I didn’t know your homes aren’t insulated? You do get some cold weathers, and the fact that insulation helps keep heat and aircon in house better, I’m surprised. x
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Stevie Turner said:
The newer homes have insulation, but we paid for our own as we live in a house built in the 1940s. x
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Phil Huston said:
“These modern day suffragettes are all going about it arse-about-tit. They’re causing too much anger and frustration,” No shit. At least your protestors are over the top tree huggers. You should see what happens over here when a black transgender person gets murdered… We get BLM, all the LGBTQWXYZMNOP and their sympathizers plus the street preachers wandering down the freeway. But you know what’s the real pisser? Bicyclists who may legally dominate a traffic lane at rush hour.
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Stevie Turner said:
Oh dear, you’ve got it worse than us. My sympathies…
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tidalscribe.com said:
Of course I should first state that most of us, certainly me, would not have the guts to do most kinds of protest; anything that involves not having easy access to coffee and cake, toilets and home safely when planned is off my agenda. So the fact that I disagree with them makes me feel lees guilty about not joining in. I understand that people don’t listen so you need to draw attention…. but stopping traffic causes even more pollution and danger and disruption; they are not doing the cause any good at all. Just let Prince William and David Attenborough tell us calmly what we can all do to halt our giant footprints on the planet.
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Stevie Turner said:
Absolutely. The cars sitting in traffic jams with their engines running are not contributing to the health of the planet. Yes… what about toilets? If they’re glued to the motorway, what happens when they want to ‘go’?
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OIKOS™- Art, Books & more said:
Please don’t sink the islands! 😉 Horrible! They addicted to gasoline, more than any other drug. Dont worry, here in Germany they are reporting about the richest Germany that ever existed. Lol I fully agree in view on 2 percent of the community. It seems some people are going crazy. I hope we will have enough closed institutions to accommodate them all. Best wishes, Michael
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Stevie Turner said:
The institutions have all been closed, and the crazies are walking the streets or sitting on the M25.
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OIKOS™- Art, Books & more said:
Hey, for an picknick its definitely too cold. 😉 Maybe they will need the coldness, for getting back to normal. xx Michael
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Stevie Turner said:
Hopefully!
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OIKOS™- Art, Books & more said:
Reblogged this on OPENED HERE >> https:/BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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Stevie Turner said:
Thanks Michael for the re-blog!
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OIKOS™- Art, Books & more said:
🙂 Always with a great pleasure, Stevie! Enjoy a wonderful Friday! xx Michael
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Stevie Turner said:
You too, Michael.
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beetleypete said:
I did smile when it was revealed that the main spokesman for IB did not have any insulation in his own house. Perhaps that’s why he started the protest group, so he could get it put in for free? I do agree that builders of all new houses should use adequate insulation in the houses they build, but as for everyone else, perhaps it comes down to freedom of choice whether or not to have insulation at all?
(Our house has cavity wall and loft insulation, all done by the original owner. The loft insulation had been doubled since, and the loft is the warmest place in the house!)
Best wishes, Pete.
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Stevie Turner said:
Perhaps since Furlough people think the government should pay? Also, as you say, people might not want their homes insulated. The country’s broke – I think Boris has paid for enough. It’s going to take years to pay back the billions borrowed due to the pandemic.
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