News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Stunt protest is very much like contemporary art: incomprehensible until one reads the label. If only the protestors would take their hammers, chisels and glue to the exhibits at the Tate Modern, says James Alexander.
After the shock acquittal of the climate activists who committed £500k worth of damage to HSBC's HQ, one ex-juror says it is easy to see how a vocal jury member can volunteer as foreman and push for the verdict he wants.
A jury has cleared nine climate activists of causing £500,000 worth of criminal damage to HSBC’s London headquarters after they argued they had a "lawful excuse" for the action.
A new report exposes the cosy club of green elites who funnel billions of dollars into pushing pie-in-the-sky Net Zero policies and models onto the unsuspecting public.
Sir Christopher Hohn, a major funder of Extinction Rebellion, has reportedly donated £46 million to C40 cities, a climate network chaired by London Mayor Sadiq Khan, advocating for low-emission zones.
The new head of the Metropolitan Police has said the only acceptable additions to police uniforms are poppies, Help for Heroes wristbands and the police memorial badge.
Given how effective the pink-haired eco-protestors have been at promoting their hysterical, environmentalist alarmism, is it time to set up a militant, anti-Net Nero protest group? We could call it 'Just Stop Snake Oil'.
Roz Possnett, the trans activist who disrupted Kathleen Stock's talk at the Oxford Union, is the daughter of an XR activist and a town hall chief who introduced a four-day week. Is this Britain's wokest family?
14-year-old blogger and sports fan Jack Watson is unimpressed by Just Stop Oil's pledge to unleash a summer of sporting chaos. Why are these self-righteous toffs trying to ruin everyone's fun?
Newsnight convened a discussion between two rival climate hysterics on Thursday, one who believes we have a week to save the planet, the other who thinks we have a fortnight. Is this the BBC’s idea of 'balance'?
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