I'm not sure these protests, and others by extinction rebellion, are sensible at all.
There is little doubt that climate change is now a mainstream issue with, I suspect, the vast majority of the UK population thinking that we need to act. And there is also little doubt that climate change is extremely high profile. So any campaigning group should be pushing against an open door in terms to public opinion and sympathy. But by using extreme methods they risk alienating the very people who support the basic principles they are campaigning for. The danger is that it makes climate change look like a fringe issue for extremists - perhaps it was once, but not anymore. I doubt they'll win friends and influence people by sitting in a road and preventing ambulances getting to hospitals.
I completely agree. Their demands are "insulate Britain's houses". That's good for the climate and it's good for the pockets of the people who pay to heat those houses. We can argue about how much or whether the government should pay for it, but generally, it's a good idea.
Unfortunately, all the news stories are about the protestors and how they are disrupting people's lives. The cause has been totally lost in the condemnation.
