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[CCTV]

The sentiment of having someone perish at nature's hand irrespective of whether they are 16 and within ASD highlights an insecurity in Bank's mind

It's highly unlikely she'd have perished tbh even in a freak yachting accident.
That's an assumption people extrapolate so as to justify their outrage.

[CCTV]

Bye Bye John Bolton
Most people are delighted to see him sacked/resign.

Bye Bye John Bercow
Leaves the house of commons with his role as Speaker in a questionable state on 31st October. Timed his resignation to assist his fellow remainers to appoint a pro-remain replacement prior to an expected general election, if it occurs.

[redebreck]

Bye Bye John Bolton
Most people are delighted to see him sacked/resign.

Bye Bye John Bercow
Leaves the house of commons with his role as Speaker in a questionable state on 31st October. Timed his resignation to assist his fellow remainers to appoint a pro-remain replacement prior to an expected general election, if it occurs.

Aren't the government (leader(s)) making our parliament a laughing stock?
Absolute effing shambles...
And they wonder why Joe Public has no respect for our politicians.

[Clungeman]

Aren't the government (leader(s)) making our parliament a laughing stock?
Absolute effing shambles...
And they wonder why Joe Public has no respect for our politicians.

I keep telling my Belgian colleagues here - the last person to walk into parliament with honest intentions was Guy Fawkes.

[ianlfc]

All the climate change rallies looked to have been attended very middle class leftie teenagers who don't seem to have ever kissed a girl or boy 😂😂

[Balinkay]

What exactly are they protesting for / against? You can't just protest climate change, that's kind of like protesting against obesity. It'll only change if you identify the reasons for it and change them.

[stevie harkness]

What exactly are they protesting for / against? You can't just protest climate change, that's kind of like protesting against obesity. It'll only change if you identify the reasons for it and change them.

I think it's aimed at putting pressure on governments to stop subsidising the fossil fuel industry. Not sure though.

One of them did say that we need to keep the fossil fuels in the ground. I think they are targeting the Labour party conference next.

The news reports follow a typical formula: film the demonstrators, as whacky as possible, hopefully some police action, then interview the inconvenienced motorists grumbling about the futility of it all and that they just want to earn a living or they are losing money. It unwittingly highlights the problem. One motorist 'protested' that we had two petrol cars but we swapped them for electric cars, like she wanted a green medal or something.

It's utter madness and it won't last, just like that "Occupy" bollocks a while back.

[Balinkay]

Kind of sad really.

[RedNoodle]

These protests are pointless whilst developing countries like China and India use more and more fosil fuels, plastics, wood products etc, because we are a tiny island nation in comparison, and because all Governments are short term in their thinking.

This current 'young' generation are also fairly hypocritical as they are the most 'disposable' generation ever, frequently buying a new phone or tv every year or two, driving everywhere instead of walking, flying off on holiday more than any previous generation, consuming more beef etc and are unwilling to give up these things to do their bit, yet they have no qualms about blaming the older generations for all the world's problems.

[ianlfc]

What exactly are they protesting for / against? You can't just protest climate change, that's kind of like protesting against obesity. It'll only change if you identify the reasons for it and change them.

They need to change it from protests to celebration parades as they are the saviours of the planet. Like everyone teenager around the world they blame their parents for everything! !

[Balinkay]

@Noods,

what happened mate, did one of ours cut line in front of you at Tesco? Who hurt you?

And yes, it kind of is your fault - global warming / climate change doesn't happen overnight. You can't seriously blame 15-25 year olds for the abhorrent state of things.

I do agree a lot of us are very hypocritical though. Also think a lot of this is just empty virtue signalling. It's naive and "in vogue" or however the expression in English goes.

However, it's commendable that at least young people are talking about it. It's not often I hear someone older mention the climate at all, when in reality its change is a monstrous threat to all of us. Well maybe not your generation, as you figure you'll be dead by the time Southern Europe is a desert wasteland and Northern Europe is frozen over. I plan to live long enough to see that though! If nothing else, then just for the satisfaction of seeing people who've been well of for a while be… less well off.

[Balinkay]

They need to change it from protests to celebration parades as they are the saviours of the planet. Like everyone teenager around the world they blame their parents for everything! !

True, but conversely the parents in this case are too stubborn, shortsighted and lazy to see that things are actually pretty bad. The truth is somewhere in the middle I'd imagine.

And let's be honest here - if you want change in the world (and I think we all do, young and old alike) you don't turn to people in their 40s. You turn to people in their twenties, because we've not yet been chewed and spat out by life and by extension have the necessary energy and drive to actually accomplish something. It also helps that many of us are basically still teenagers eagerly looking for a hill to heroically and romantically die on. Further still many of us just do it to look good and catch starry eyed naive tail.

[stevie harkness]

Part of the problem is people all pointing the finger at each other instead of pulling together.

Youngsters have the muscle and drive, Oldies have the wisdom and experience. What a team!

Some of the Extinction Rebellion people are in their 80s and 90s according to the police who arrested them.

[Balinkay]

Youngsters have the muscle and drive, Oldies have the wisdom and experience. What a team!

Yup. That's how it's meant to be really, but a well informed functioning populace's voting habits are more difficult to predict and manipulate than those of people pitted against each other based on their race, age, gender or preferred party colour. And it's aways easier and more convenient to just say "those youngsters have it so easy and are so entitled, they think they know everything!" or "those old folk are so lazy and set in their way, how easy must life have been for such idiots to survive!". Wishful thinking… what a sin. Has a good case to be the first, second and third commandment.

I was hoping that the turmoil of The God Emperor and Brexit would reinvigorate (or at least shake up) democracy and public discourse in the UK and US and it seems to have worked to some degree.

[RedNoodle]

They need to change it from protests to celebration parades as they are the saviours of the planet. Like everyone teenager around the world they blame their parents for everything! !

Unfortunately this current lot is the 'me,me,me' and 'offended by everything/takes responsibility for nothing' generation.