Eco-Idiots Are Doing More To Save Putin Than Save The Planet

WITH one in three petrol stations in the South of England closed last weekend thanks eco-protesters, including former members of Insulate Britain and Extinction Rebellion, this Easter weekend looks like a miserable one for hard-pressed families trying to get away for their first break since Covid lockdowns.

- Tim Newark

Calling themselves Just Stop Oil, these activists are blockading key oil depots, ensuring that an estimated 1,200 petrol stations are short of fuel, making life even more difficult for the predicted 21.5 million motorists choosing Easter home vacations rather than enduring long queues at airports. Surely that would be the more environmentally friendly choice, but nothing makes sense in the crazy world of eco-campaigners.

At one point tunnelling under a road to reach the Kingsbury oil depot, they risked causing environmental damage or a potentially catastrophic fuel leak. Many of them are privileged, middle-class campaigners who are well practised in causing disruption to working people.

ONE Anglican cleric protester claimed he was trying to protect our families and our loved ones from the appalling future that stands before them”. Really? In reality, the more immediate appalling future we all face is rocketing energy bills that mean more and more families are facing the awful choice of heating or eating. The catastrophe so often predicted by environmentalists is like nothing compared to a nation brought to its knees by unaffordable energy wrecking industry, costing jobs and impoverishing families.