To all the people saying "they should have locked the Just Stop Oil protesters up for longer", enjoy your weekend.
But please remember that you wouldn't have a weekend, or any other fundamental right, were it not for protesters who were reviled by people like you.🧵
Israel has killed over 11,500 Palestinian children in Gaza and the West Bank since October 7th, when 36 Israeli children were killed.
It’s impossible to imagine that number. This is what it looks like. A line 5km long.
(Location: Bournemouth Beach)
“What is the extinction of a condor to a child who has never known the wren?” @guardian editorial is spot on - if we do not know & experience nature, we cannot love & protect it. That's why we need a full #RightToRoam - I'd urge Labour not to renege on it
https://t.co/v6OciodTUw
Today I can share I'm challenging the PM on the legality of abandoning key Net Zero commitments
I believe the timeline for the UK to meet Net Zero cannot be changed at will by the PM – I contend that he does not have the legal right
The ball is in your court , Prime Minister
🏊♀️🚫The Spitchwick Estate on Dartmoor has this week 'banned' swimming across it's *entire* 4,000 acre estate - which includes 1.7km of the River Dart.
For generations, people have swum here.
Now, at the drop of a wealthy landowner's hat, we are outlaws in our own river🧵1/
The funny thing about these French protests is all the British people applauding how far they go to get their point across whilst equally not being able to cope with some Just Stop Oil protesters sitting in the middle of our roads.
If you believe in women's suffrage, you believe in the right to protest.
If you oppose apartheid, you believe in the right to protest.
If you think our children deserve a liveable future, you believe in the right to protest.
Defend our freedoms. Repeal the Public Order Bill!
Time to wheel this one out again. If you don't like Just Stop Oil's tactics or the snooker disruption and think there are other ways of winning the public over to join the fight for climate justice, your alternative ideas are very welcome!
https://t.co/y8js4wjFLQ
"I have to convict you... You should feel guilty for nothing." A truly extraordinary summation from Judge Wilkinson in this Just Stop Oil case https://t.co/Hxy3OYaU3l
Make no mistake - this latest clamp down on fundamental freedoms threatens very right to peaceful protest - allowing police to stop protests before they happen on basis they *might* cause disruption is dangerous attempt to silence dissent #PublicOrderBill https://t.co/1lktgnmtJt
Today 7 of my friends were found guilty of acting to save the planet. They used exactly the same tactics as the Suffragettes, and now face prison. You might be demonising climate activists now, but you’ll be thanking us in the future. You’ll be wishing you acted with us.