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I don't throw my time away on a fringe cause taking action which is guaranteed to lose public support and ensure the group, their cause and anyone who involves themselves with it is a punchline. This is a protest by bored people with nothing better to do, for any cause they could think of...

"One member of Insulate Britain, Suzie, 47, from Cambridge, said: "If going to prison and losing my home is what it takes to get the government to do the right thing and cut our carbon emissions then it's a price worth paying." That's as stupid as saying you can grow concrete, to me.

I totally agree - I think the tactics are wrong and actually doing harm to their cause but they've got what they wanted in terms of national coverage and raising the topic in the consciousness of the nation. I think they're doing themselves reputational harm all over the place and longer term I...

There is no argument at all that the tactic hasn't been a success.

Draw a line for me from home insulation to the M25.

Obviously, it makes sense to properly insulate homes. There's clearly no issue there - and if those protestors want to get into home insulation and get on with making a difference, good for them. But running across the M25? Throwing paint around? Glueing themselves to the road? None of that has...

... again, a point which has absolutely nothing to do with the discussion at hand. If you really think these protests are about climate change as a whole, then you're totally wrong and shortsighted. These people are cause hunting and have settled on home insulation, as if they're going to have...

Well that's deliberately broad and deflecting. This thread is specific to the problem of losers with nothing better to do blocking the M25 repeatedly. It's not about the whole range of problems this country has but I would argue that a handful of nutters thinking it's ok to disrupt thousands of...

I really can't understand why anyone thinks these people are doing the right thing here. They're risking their lives for nothing, not to mention their utter disregard for the drivers and passengers of the cars they're running in front of. It's so incredibly selfish. They're kicking off about...

They're concerned about getting press. They're getting plenty, they're going to crack on. Is it the same ones being arrested every day? Surely there are stronger charges which can be levied against them to stop them repeating the cycle?

Direct action about insulating homes? What gives them the right to block the M25 and disrupt people going about their day?

Their behaviour is absolutely ridiculous and they should be ashamed.