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Their sit-down protests caused chaos on roads and made them a target for tabloid ire and drivers’ fury. Then an energy crisis hit – and now the government is playing catchup as we shiver in our draughty homes
Time with them, getting closer to what they are doing. i suppose, is it difficult, do you think, for the police to tell the difference between a protester and a journalist these days? when everyone has cameras, everybody has phones, it's difficult to tell who is a journalist who is not? all they have to do is ask. which they didn't do, you say? is that right? they didn't. right, 0k. you know, let me bring in someone who actually takes part in this kind of protest. cameron ford is from insulate britain. let me just play you a clip you might have already heard of him on talk radio with mike grah...
For that in all of these. they are human, they have got deep down they have fear too about our planet changing with the climate so rapidly. and they have children and loved ones. and i know that even though their whole angle is to anger, they are also human beings who have got complex emotions around this really tricky situation we find ourselves in. and genuinely, i want to open that up with them. well, i've got wolfgang blau in the studio here. cameron's interview went viral and now that clip has an advert on it which presumably makes money. is the current vogue for direct action, actually g...
Fanning the flames? i'm joined by cameron ford, who's a carpenter and spokesperson for insulate britain. and richard felgate, a documentary maker who was arrested last week while filming at hejust stop oil protest. also here, wolfgang blau, who left his top job at conde nast and co—founded the oxford climate journalism network. danny shaw, who used to be a bbc home affairs correspondent. he's now free to say what he really thinks. and fiona harvey, the guardian's environment correspondent who is at cop27 in egypt and hasjust left a session to get on the phone to talk to us. fiona, what's the...
You can. see you, cameron. cheerio. well, that is the interview, but after the broadcast it got many millions of views on social media — and continues to. cameron, when you hear that again, what do you think? what a shame that we have to endure such idiocy in our media spaces. it really is crazy he still has a platform, really. is that how you see it? i mean, do you think, despite the way the interview went, would that be counted as ultimately a successful media appearance for you? what is your rationale when you decide who to do an interview with? yeah, i mean, off the back of that, i think...