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Post by hotterpotter on Jun 6, 2023 14:43:21 GMT
OK, I didn't think the Daily Mash was mainstream media, albeit I don't see much of the media these days Oh I thought the Daily Mail had had a rebrand! |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jun 8, 2023 13:27:26 GMT
Dale Vince the Forest Green chairman joining in
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jun 12, 2023 20:30:31 GMT
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Post by Davef on Jun 13, 2023 6:49:17 GMT
Climate emergency.
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Post by Northy on Jun 13, 2023 6:58:28 GMT
I'm failing to see the correlation between the tweet and your comment, what has reporting a highway or parks issue got to do with climate emergency ? |
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Post by felonious on Jun 13, 2023 13:10:33 GMT
I'm failing to see the correlation between the tweet and your comment, what has reporting a highway or parks issue got to do with climate emergency ? Two or three times a year I go and clear the grids locally because of local authority neglect. I've also cut a drainaway into the stream and keep this clear. The combination stops the flooding on the junction here. A massive amount of the flooding issues must surely be down to the above plus the increase in bricks and concrete across built up areas, the reduction of green spaces, gardens, etc. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2023 13:20:17 GMT
I'm failing to see the correlation between the tweet and your comment, what has reporting a highway or parks issue got to do with climate emergency ? Two or three times a year I go and clear the grids locally because of local authority neglect. I've also cut a drainaway into the stream and keep this clear. The combination stops the flooding on the junction here. A massive amount of the flooding issues must surely be down to the above plus the increase in bricks and concrete across built up areas, the reduction of green spaces, gardens, etc. There was flash flooding on London road a few summers back, people were using brooms to clear the grids. I’d say that was the point of davef’s reply. You get heavy spells of rain in summer it’s fuckall new. |
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Post by Northy on Jun 13, 2023 16:13:22 GMT
I'm failing to see the correlation between the tweet and your comment, what has reporting a highway or parks issue got to do with climate emergency ? Two or three times a year I go and clear the grids locally because of local authority neglect. I've also cut a drainaway into the stream and keep this clear. The combination stops the flooding on the junction here. A massive amount of the flooding issues must surely be down to the above plus the increase in bricks and concrete across built up areas, the reduction of green spaces, gardens, etc. I regularly keep the one outside my house clear, a good job as the road was flooded in last nights storm, got a high tide mark on the pavemnt this morning |
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Post by Davef on Jun 13, 2023 17:23:12 GMT
Two or three times a year I go and clear the grids locally because of local authority neglect. I've also cut a drainaway into the stream and keep this clear. The combination stops the flooding on the junction here. A massive amount of the flooding issues must surely be down to the above plus the increase in bricks and concrete across built up areas, the reduction of green spaces, gardens, etc. There was flash flooding on London road a few summers back, people were using brooms to clear the grids. I’d say that was the point of davef’s reply. You get heavy spells of rain in summer it’s fuckall new. Why the insistence in the original tweet to hashtag "climate emergency" when the cause of the flooding may be something far less sinister? Probably the same crowd who'll yell "Climate Justice" when we have the inevitable water shortages and warnings to cut back our use of H2O in the next few weeks, completely ignoring the fact that since the last major reservoir was built in this country, the population has risen by 10M. A lot of this is handing excuses to government, local authorities and major corporations for incompetence, neglect and lack of investment. |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jun 13, 2023 17:39:23 GMT
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jun 29, 2023 19:34:58 GMT
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Post by metalhead on Jun 29, 2023 21:07:27 GMT
I continue to endorse Just Stop Oils message when they aren't hurting hard working people who are vulnerable to a brutal cost of living crisis. Ruining sporting events is perfectly fine. For anyone who thinks this video is a problem, I nor anyone else, had an issue when it was Tiny Tommy getting a strawberry milkshake thrown over him. Can't be crying and calling in the feds when the tables are turned. These dickheads are hurting just as many people as Tommy the twat, just in different ways. |
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Post by dutchstokie on Jun 30, 2023 18:07:05 GMT
I continue to endorse Just Stop Oils message when they aren't hurting hard working people who are vulnerable to a brutal cost of living crisis. Ruining sporting events is perfectly fine. For anyone who thinks this video is a problem, I nor anyone else, had an issue when it was Tiny Tommy getting a strawberry milkshake thrown over him. Can't be crying and calling in the feds when the tables are turned. These dickheads are hurting just as many people as Tommy the twat, just in different ways. Brilliant ! Hope its dogshit next time !  |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 30, 2023 18:08:29 GMT
Love how this thread still has the appropriate title😀
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Post by questionable on Jun 30, 2023 18:24:14 GMT
My daughter works in The Shard and she couldn’t get into work this week as they’d blocked the entrance then thrown orange paint over the doors, didn’t mind one bit as she simply got a coffee and watched them getting dragged away.
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Jun 30, 2023 19:06:18 GMT
Thing is, sadly, irrespective of their annoying protests, they'll be proved right eventually.
Despite being well aware that it's going to fuck us up good and proper, we'll probably just carry on globally consuming more than the Earth can sustain and it'll all come crashing down.
And, at that point, while there will obviously be no internet to express these complaints on, and also no means to say "you daft cunts why didn't you listen", you just know that those most vehemently opposed to these kind of protests will be the first to say "something should've been done"!
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Post by metalhead on Jun 30, 2023 19:25:39 GMT
Thing is, sadly, irrespective of their annoying protests, they'll be proved right eventually. Despite being well aware that it's going to fuck us up good and proper, we'll probably just carry on globally consuming more than the Earth can sustain and it'll all come crashing down. And, at that point, while there will obviously be no internet to express these complaints on, and also no means to say "you daft cunts why didn't you listen", you just know that those most vehemently opposed to these kind of protests will be the first to say "something should've been done"! You are correct and it's something I've been belittled for on this very thread for even daring to suggest. Global ecological systems are years away from tipping over. Previously habitable parts of the planet will rapidly become uninhabitable. Anyone under the age of about 40 is potentially going to live through the early stages and their kids will almost certainly experience the shit storm that follows. Grandkids? I wouldn't count on it. Don't worry, that new BMW has fancy new grill. |
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Post by metalhead on Jul 1, 2023 10:34:39 GMT
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Post by roylandstoke on Jul 1, 2023 23:49:40 GMT
There was flash flooding on London road a few summers back, people were using brooms to clear the grids. I’d say that was the point of davef’s reply. You get heavy spells of rain in summer it’s fuckall new. Why the insistence in the original tweet to hashtag "climate emergency" when the cause of the flooding may be something far less sinister? Probably the same crowd who'll yell "Climate Justice" when we have the inevitable water shortages and warnings to cut back our use of H2O in the next few weeks, completely ignoring the fact that since the last major reservoir was built in this country, the population has risen by 10M. A lot of this is handing excuses to government, local authorities and major corporations for incompetence, neglect and lack of investment. If existing reservoirs were as full as they were. 20 years ago there would be no need for any cut backs on water use. |
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Jul 2, 2023 17:56:06 GMT
Here's a view from Stewart Lee, which won't go down well... "The government has made poor progress towards net zero and is now committed to opening a new coalmine in Cumbria. What can be done? On Wednesday, at Lord’s, brave Just Stop Oil protesters invaded the pitch and were arrested. I’m not a fan of cricket, and associate it with standing around bored before having my penis and testicles felt by a breathless old man apparently checking to see if I had showered after games. But the square world’s objection to Just Stop Oil is that they are stopping decent people getting to work. Now they’re not allowed to disrupt a sport game either, even one that moves so slowly no one would notice if it had stopped anyway. So how does one protest exactly, in post-police bill Britain? The photos from the Ashes, of heroic Just Stop Oil protesters being brought down by uniformed sport primates, in striking clouds of orange dust, are already iconic. And one day soon, as the Earth itself turns to actual ashes, they will take on the same status as all those other unforgettable news images: that lone Tiananmen Square protester in front of a tank; that flag raised at Iwo Jima; that hooded Abu Ghraib detainee; that starving child stalked by an opportunistic vulture; that Saigon street execution; those civil rights Olympics salutes; that napalmed nine-year-old; and that post-party Boris Johnson, clearly still off his tits at an Italian airport, having met a former KGB agent. Imagine, if instead of carrying that bold dust-chucker off the cricket field to the cheers of the foolish crowd, idly accepting the collective suicide of their species and the death-by-negligence of their planet, the cricketer Jonny Bairstow had made a different choice at this sliding-doors moment of his life. What if the athlete had had the intelligence to take the protester’s hand, present them to the audience, and invite the world to applaud them for their courage? Then he could have made a difference. But instead Bairstow, like so many others, missed his moment, his chance to help. And one day the cricket player’s own children, as they watch the world die in real time around them, will curse his terrible error of judgment, his unwitting role as the unpaid enforcer for big oil and the climate crisis denialists, the worst people on earth. But never mind. Somewhere, someone didn’t identify as a cat, and the front pages roll forward and the pundits step up to their microphones, with endless comment on something unimportant that didn’t even happen. And as the world of tomorrow burns, when the image of Bairstow carrying a Just Stop Oil protester away from the cricket competition is reflected upon by the dying, only one hero will emerge from the picture. And it absolutely won’t be Jonny Bairstow. |
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Post by knype on Jul 2, 2023 18:03:45 GMT
Here's a view from Stewart Lee, which won't go down well... "The government has made poor progress towards net zero and is now committed to opening a new coalmine in Cumbria. What can be done? On Wednesday, at Lord’s, brave Just Stop Oil protesters invaded the pitch and were arrested. I’m not a fan of cricket, and associate it with standing around bored before having my penis and testicles felt by a breathless old man apparently checking to see if I had showered after games. But the square world’s objection to Just Stop Oil is that they are stopping decent people getting to work. Now they’re not allowed to disrupt a sport game either, even one that moves so slowly no one would notice if it had stopped anyway. So how does one protest exactly, in post-police bill Britain? The photos from the Ashes, of heroic Just Stop Oil protesters being brought down by uniformed sport primates, in striking clouds of orange dust, are already iconic. And one day soon, as the Earth itself turns to actual ashes, they will take on the same status as all those other unforgettable news images: that lone Tiananmen Square protester in front of a tank; that flag raised at Iwo Jima; that hooded Abu Ghraib detainee; that starving child stalked by an opportunistic vulture; that Saigon street execution; those civil rights Olympics salutes; that napalmed nine-year-old; and that post-party Boris Johnson, clearly still off his tits at an Italian airport, having met a former KGB agent. Imagine, if instead of carrying that bold dust-chucker off the cricket field to the cheers of the foolish crowd, idly accepting the collective suicide of their species and the death-by-negligence of their planet, the cricketer Jonny Bairstow had made a different choice at this sliding-doors moment of his life. What if the athlete had had the intelligence to take the protester’s hand, present them to the audience, and invite the world to applaud them for their courage? Then he could have made a difference. But instead Bairstow, like so many others, missed his moment, his chance to help. And one day the cricket player’s own children, as they watch the world die in real time around them, will curse his terrible error of judgment, his unwitting role as the unpaid enforcer for big oil and the climate crisis denialists, the worst people on earth. But never mind. Somewhere, someone didn’t identify as a cat, and the front pages roll forward and the pundits step up to their microphones, with endless comment on something unimportant that didn’t even happen. And as the world of tomorrow burns, when the image of Bairstow carrying a Just Stop Oil protester away from the cricket competition is reflected upon by the dying, only one hero will emerge from the picture. And it absolutely won’t be Jonny Bairstow. Who is Stewart Lee ? |
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Jul 2, 2023 18:12:41 GMT
Here's a view from Stewart Lee, which won't go down well... "The government has made poor progress towards net zero and is now committed to opening a new coalmine in Cumbria. What can be done? On Wednesday, at Lord’s, brave Just Stop Oil protesters invaded the pitch and were arrested. I’m not a fan of cricket, and associate it with standing around bored before having my penis and testicles felt by a breathless old man apparently checking to see if I had showered after games. But the square world’s objection to Just Stop Oil is that they are stopping decent people getting to work. Now they’re not allowed to disrupt a sport game either, even one that moves so slowly no one would notice if it had stopped anyway. So how does one protest exactly, in post-police bill Britain? The photos from the Ashes, of heroic Just Stop Oil protesters being brought down by uniformed sport primates, in striking clouds of orange dust, are already iconic. And one day soon, as the Earth itself turns to actual ashes, they will take on the same status as all those other unforgettable news images: that lone Tiananmen Square protester in front of a tank; that flag raised at Iwo Jima; that hooded Abu Ghraib detainee; that starving child stalked by an opportunistic vulture; that Saigon street execution; those civil rights Olympics salutes; that napalmed nine-year-old; and that post-party Boris Johnson, clearly still off his tits at an Italian airport, having met a former KGB agent. Imagine, if instead of carrying that bold dust-chucker off the cricket field to the cheers of the foolish crowd, idly accepting the collective suicide of their species and the death-by-negligence of their planet, the cricketer Jonny Bairstow had made a different choice at this sliding-doors moment of his life. What if the athlete had had the intelligence to take the protester’s hand, present them to the audience, and invite the world to applaud them for their courage? Then he could have made a difference. But instead Bairstow, like so many others, missed his moment, his chance to help. And one day the cricket player’s own children, as they watch the world die in real time around them, will curse his terrible error of judgment, his unwitting role as the unpaid enforcer for big oil and the climate crisis denialists, the worst people on earth. But never mind. Somewhere, someone didn’t identify as a cat, and the front pages roll forward and the pundits step up to their microphones, with endless comment on something unimportant that didn’t even happen. And as the world of tomorrow burns, when the image of Bairstow carrying a Just Stop Oil protester away from the cricket competition is reflected upon by the dying, only one hero will emerge from the picture. And it absolutely won’t be Jonny Bairstow. Who is Stewart Lee ? Why don't you write and ask him? |
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Post by knype on Jul 2, 2023 18:15:01 GMT
Why don't you write and ask him? Never heard of him, is he on twitter? |
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Jul 2, 2023 18:18:24 GMT
Why don't you write and ask him? Never heard of him, is he on twitter? Dunno, why not write and ask Elon Musk? |
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Post by knype on Jul 2, 2023 18:19:59 GMT
Never heard of him, is he on twitter? Dunno, why not write and ask Elon Musk? He'll have probably not heard of him either. Thanks for sharing it. I'll ask Frank who stands at the bus stop tomorrow on his views. |
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Jul 2, 2023 18:21:55 GMT
Dunno, why not write and ask Elon Musk? He'll have probably not heard of him either. Thanks for sharing it. I'll ask Frank who stands at the bus stop tomorrow on his views. Well, I hope he lives locally otherwise he'll not know either. |
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Post by knype on Jul 2, 2023 18:23:08 GMT
He'll have probably not heard of him either. Thanks for sharing it. I'll ask Frank who stands at the bus stop tomorrow on his views. Well, I hope he lives locally otherwise he'll not know either. Well obviously he's local or I wouldn't see him would I? Are you ok Bluers ? |
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 2, 2023 20:07:52 GMT
Well, I hope he lives locally otherwise he'll not know either. Well obviously he's local or I wouldn't see him would I? Are you ok Bluers ? He’s been swearing at folk all day too😉 |
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Post by metalhead on Jul 2, 2023 20:12:42 GMT
Here's a view from Stewart Lee, which won't go down well... "The government has made poor progress towards net zero and is now committed to opening a new coalmine in Cumbria. What can be done? On Wednesday, at Lord’s, brave Just Stop Oil protesters invaded the pitch and were arrested. I’m not a fan of cricket, and associate it with standing around bored before having my penis and testicles felt by a breathless old man apparently checking to see if I had showered after games. But the square world’s objection to Just Stop Oil is that they are stopping decent people getting to work. Now they’re not allowed to disrupt a sport game either, even one that moves so slowly no one would notice if it had stopped anyway. So how does one protest exactly, in post-police bill Britain? The photos from the Ashes, of heroic Just Stop Oil protesters being brought down by uniformed sport primates, in striking clouds of orange dust, are already iconic. And one day soon, as the Earth itself turns to actual ashes, they will take on the same status as all those other unforgettable news images: that lone Tiananmen Square protester in front of a tank; that flag raised at Iwo Jima; that hooded Abu Ghraib detainee; that starving child stalked by an opportunistic vulture; that Saigon street execution; those civil rights Olympics salutes; that napalmed nine-year-old; and that post-party Boris Johnson, clearly still off his tits at an Italian airport, having met a former KGB agent. Imagine, if instead of carrying that bold dust-chucker off the cricket field to the cheers of the foolish crowd, idly accepting the collective suicide of their species and the death-by-negligence of their planet, the cricketer Jonny Bairstow had made a different choice at this sliding-doors moment of his life. What if the athlete had had the intelligence to take the protester’s hand, present them to the audience, and invite the world to applaud them for their courage? Then he could have made a difference. But instead Bairstow, like so many others, missed his moment, his chance to help. And one day the cricket player’s own children, as they watch the world die in real time around them, will curse his terrible error of judgment, his unwitting role as the unpaid enforcer for big oil and the climate crisis denialists, the worst people on earth. But never mind. Somewhere, someone didn’t identify as a cat, and the front pages roll forward and the pundits step up to their microphones, with endless comment on something unimportant that didn’t even happen. And as the world of tomorrow burns, when the image of Bairstow carrying a Just Stop Oil protester away from the cricket competition is reflected upon by the dying, only one hero will emerge from the picture. And it absolutely won’t be Jonny Bairstow. He's correct, in fairness. |
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Post by henry on Jul 2, 2023 20:19:53 GMT
Here's a view from Stewart Lee, which won't go down well... "The government has made poor progress towards net zero and is now committed to opening a new coalmine in Cumbria. What can be done? On Wednesday, at Lord’s, brave Just Stop Oil protesters invaded the pitch and were arrested. I’m not a fan of cricket, and associate it with standing around bored before having my penis and testicles felt by a breathless old man apparently checking to see if I had showered after games. But the square world’s objection to Just Stop Oil is that they are stopping decent people getting to work. Now they’re not allowed to disrupt a sport game either, even one that moves so slowly no one would notice if it had stopped anyway. So how does one protest exactly, in post-police bill Britain? The photos from the Ashes, of heroic Just Stop Oil protesters being brought down by uniformed sport primates, in striking clouds of orange dust, are already iconic. And one day soon, as the Earth itself turns to actual ashes, they will take on the same status as all those other unforgettable news images: that lone Tiananmen Square protester in front of a tank; that flag raised at Iwo Jima; that hooded Abu Ghraib detainee; that starving child stalked by an opportunistic vulture; that Saigon street execution; those civil rights Olympics salutes; that napalmed nine-year-old; and that post-party Boris Johnson, clearly still off his tits at an Italian airport, having met a former KGB agent. Imagine, if instead of carrying that bold dust-chucker off the cricket field to the cheers of the foolish crowd, idly accepting the collective suicide of their species and the death-by-negligence of their planet, the cricketer Jonny Bairstow had made a different choice at this sliding-doors moment of his life. What if the athlete had had the intelligence to take the protester’s hand, present them to the audience, and invite the world to applaud them for their courage? Then he could have made a difference. But instead Bairstow, like so many others, missed his moment, his chance to help. And one day the cricket player’s own children, as they watch the world die in real time around them, will curse his terrible error of judgment, his unwitting role as the unpaid enforcer for big oil and the climate crisis denialists, the worst people on earth. But never mind. Somewhere, someone didn’t identify as a cat, and the front pages roll forward and the pundits step up to their microphones, with endless comment on something unimportant that didn’t even happen. And as the world of tomorrow burns, when the image of Bairstow carrying a Just Stop Oil protester away from the cricket competition is reflected upon by the dying, only one hero will emerge from the picture. And it absolutely won’t be Jonny Bairstow. Who is Stewart Lee ? He was on tv once, an excellent cure for insomnia. |
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