Insulate Britain and Extinction Rebellion, domestic terrorists?

Jean-F · 4 Oct 2021 at 14:49

Clearcut said:
.......... nah, too soon.

Nice catch Clearcut, didn’t think of that.

Blackjack Davy · 4 Oct 2021 at 14:50

byeo said:
It'll end in tears eventually, one morning a person will wake up, hating their job and get stuck in front of these people, they'll go nuts and mow or more down.

And then finally the govt will actually do something about it in big bold headline grabbing announcements rather than completely ignoring the problem and hope it all goes away like fuel shortages, migrant boats...

Jean-F said:
Nice thought Phil, but our lawmakers can make laws all day long, if the people charged with enforcing those laws aren’t interested, they’ll just ignore the law breakers.

They've been arrested multiple times already one person no less than 6 times... not one has faced prosecution so far.

Kill_Phil · 4 Oct 2021 at 15:29

Jean-F said:
Nice thought Phil, but our lawmakers can make laws all day long, if the people charged with enforcing those laws aren’t interested, they’ll just ignore the law breakers.

Yup this country is the laughing stock of the world. Lock them up for 6 months, would soon stop this nonsense either way.

fez · 4 Oct 2021 at 15:35

Kill_Phil said:
Yup this country is the laughing stock of the world. Lock them up for 6 months, would soon stop this nonsense either way.

The legal costs as well as the costs of putting these unemployed bums in prison would run into the 10s of millions I would imagine.

Diddums · 4 Oct 2021 at 15:48

fez said:
The legal costs as well as the costs of putting these unemployed bums in prison would run into the 10s of millions I would imagine.

£3250.

visibleman · 4 Oct 2021 at 16:01

byeo said:
It'll end in tears eventually, one morning a person will wake up, hating their job and get stuck in front of these people, they'll go nuts and mow or more down.

Zatoichi.uK · 4 Oct 2021 at 16:50

"I'm the bad guy?"

FlapR · 4 Oct 2021 at 17:32

I'd just pepper spray them all and drag them off and stick them in the back of a police van together.

Uther · 4 Oct 2021 at 17:35

visibleman said:

Totally O/T but god I love that film.

IceBear · 4 Oct 2021 at 18:54

I can't see why those repeatedly arrested aren't remanded in custody instead of bailed to re-offend.

V F · 4 Oct 2021 at 19:49

Uther said:
Totally O/T but god I love that film.

Sometimes it's crazy to think that was 1993. I loved the burger scene and the road works part when he told them "I'll give you something to fix."

Johno please? · 4 Oct 2021 at 21:23

mmj_uk said:
Not all heroes wear capes.

https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1444967088448282625

LOL.

Do these people take a day off work to sit in the road? Pretty sad really.

cheesefest · 5 Oct 2021 at 09:26

They are refusing ambulances through. Scumbags. How they would they react if a dying relative is in the ambulance?

VincentHanna · 5 Oct 2021 at 09:43

mmj_uk said:
Not all heroes wear capes.

https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1444967088448282625

Off topic, but 'politics for all' seems more like "Politics from the telegraph"

They had a link to an article that Tony Blair benefitted from non paying stamp duty in the pandora papers leak and not one mention of all the dodgy Russian tory doners

fez · 5 Oct 2021 at 12:05

VincentHanna said:
Off topic, but 'politics for all' seems more like "Politics from the telegraph"

They had a link to an article that Tony Blair benefitted from non paying stamp duty in the pandora papers leak and not one mention of all the dodgy Russian tory doners

I'm sure they will do. There is a lot of juicy stuff in that "leak", no point in blowing it all in one go.

The other thing is that no one gives enough of a **** to do anything. This is the sort of thing that should bring down government and land people in prison. But nothing is done. We have had *I think* at least 4 other leaks akin to this one and each time **** all was done about it.

The rich own and run the world and they have no incentive to push themselves and their chums.

mmj_uk · 5 Oct 2021 at 13:47

cheesefest said:
They are refusing ambulances through. Scumbags. How they would they react if a dying relative is in the ambulance?

It probably depends on their relatives political ideology and who they voted for at the last election.

They are everything that's wrong with society today, they pretend to be caring about others but don't think twice about making their fellow citizens' lives a misery in order to get what they want.

Roar87 · 5 Oct 2021 at 14:36

VincentHanna said:
Off topic, but 'politics for all' seems more like "Politics from the telegraph"

They had a link to an article that Tony Blair benefitted from non paying stamp duty in the pandora papers leak and not one mention of all the dodgy Russian tory doners

Most of those "Russian Tory donors" have been living here for decades and it's not a story that's why lol. They're all UK citizens, bizarre people choose to focus on race when it suits

VincentHanna · 5 Oct 2021 at 14:48

Russians are a race now are they?

Roar87 · 5 Oct 2021 at 14:54

VincentHanna said:
Russians are a race now are they?

I'm just not sure why their nationality is relevant, they aren't Russian spies loyal to Putin, which is the intention of highlighting their nationality. One of them for example has been living in the UK since they were 8. Why are they "dodgy"?

VincentHanna · 5 Oct 2021 at 15:30

Lets see how these people could be considered "dodgy"

The Conservative Party is facing fresh questions about donations made by the wife of a former Russian minister.

Lubov Chernukhin is one of the biggest donors to the Tories, giving more than £1.8m since 2012.

Leaked documents reveal her personal wealth comes from her husband Vladimir. He has been financially linked to people who were close to the Kremlin.

Mrs Chernukhin's lawyers say she is a British citizen and is entitled to do as she wishes with her money.

Her donations to the Conservative Party have given the 48-year-old access to figures at the top of UK government.

Mrs Chernukhin's winning auction bids have seen her play tennis with Boris Johnson and dine with Theresa May, when she was prime minister.

But until now, very little has been known about the Chernukhins' wealth and where it comes from.

The Russian-born Chernukhins are both now British citizens.

Pandora Papers documents reveal how they secretly acquired properties in the UK through offshore companies.

They purchased a house overlooking Regents Park in London now worth £38m, as well as a mansion in Oxfordshire bought for £10m.

Mr Chernukhin, 52, a former deputy minister of finance under Vladimir Putin left Russia for London in 2004 after being sacked by the president.

The Pandora Papers investigation found evidence that suggests Mr Chernukhin abused his position as the government appointed head of a state bank to advance his private business interests.

And

A businessman whose companies have backed 34 Tory MPs made millions from an allegedly corrupt Russian pipeline deal, leaked files show.

Former oil executive Victor Fedotov owns a firm currently seeking UK government approval for a controversial energy link between the UK and France.

A BBC investigation shows he secretly benefitted from the alleged $4bn fraud in Russia.

A 2008 audit report suggested Transneft had lost huge sums to corruption and that one of the contractors that had benefitted was VNIIST.

It was alleged VNIIST was paid for work it hadn't carried out and that Transneft had lost around $143 million in just two contracts.

The audit report was leaked to Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny who estimated $4bn had been embezzled. No charges were brought against any of those involved.

What the audit report did not reveal was that one of Mr Fedotov's secret business partners in VNIIST was the President of Transneft, Semyon Vainshtok. The documents in the Pandora Papers show he was secretly benefitting from contracts Transneft had awarded.

They reveal a scheme to funnel profits from the Transneft deals through layers of companies in the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Malta and the British Virgin Islands under the ownership of trusts of which Mr Fedotov and Mr Vainshtok were secret beneficiaries. A second Transneft executive was also profiting from the cash.

Last year Mr Fedotov was revealed to be the owner of Aquind, the company behind a £1.24bn project to build an electricity cable linking the UK to France. Aquind is currently seeking UK government approval for the project and a decision will be made in weeks.

His connection to Aquind has been hidden through an exemption to UK company laws granted to people with personal security concerns.

Mr Fedotov is now identified on the company's public records, alongside Alexander Temerko, the Ukraine-born public face and part owner of Aquind.

Mr Temerko is a Conservative Party activist and personal friend of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

He is a regular at Conservative Party fundraisers and has personally donated more than £700,000 to the party.

Research by the BBC has established that in addition to Mr Temerko's donations to the Conservative Party, Mr Fedotov's businesses have donated another £700,000 to 34 MPs and their local parties since the Aquind project began.