I just interviewed Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion.

Discussing the incident of the Insulate Britain protesters blocking a woman in tears trying to get to a hospital - he says he’d do the same.

… and he would block an ambulance.

/thread
That’s the shock part to get your attention.

This was a full 1h interview in which we thoroughly covered why he would be prepared for, even maybe welcome, protests to cause deaths. He says that happened in civil unrest movements of the past - only extreme levels are effective.
He also discussed how to break the system and remould it around citizen assemblies to make a power dynamic that is effective at bypassing entrenched power and engaging changes needed.

Keep an eye on The London Economic for more content from this interview.
The interview with Roger Hallam (in which he said he’d block an ambulance with a dying person inside) was 1h long.

If you want to hear his rationale for that - and hear it debated, then below is the full audio.

The video is still being edited.

Audio: unbreaktheplanet.podbean.com/?p=17788625&to…

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23 Sep
Stop. Just… stop. 🤦‍♂️

#KermitTheFrog
So silent you can hear teeth cracking from the cringing… 😬
“He was wrong!” (nothing)… “He was wrong!” (nothing)… talk faster now.

🦗
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12 Sep
Given that Brexit has so thoroughly screwed the music industry…

…it’s lovely to see this new tradition of European & UK flags together at the Proms really take hold.

🇬🇧 ❤️ 🇪🇺
So apparently this is from 2019 (naughty @EUflagmafia - I just shared your video!)

Video from 2021 is below. There were performances outside the hall & flags inside. I know people who went.

So I’ll try to dig out that stuff. Apologies.

Here’s one of the outside activities:
Read 5 tweets
26 Jul
Agree UK was driven into Brexit cul de sac.

I don’t attribute this to SW1 though.

Mess was started by Vote Leave campaigning with no written prospectus. “Leave SM/CU” was declared late. Messy. Then ERG nutcase pressures. Then Lancaster House speech baked inflexible positions.
For example, after Brexit vote, many of us accepted result (albeit w/ serious misgivings about behaviour in the referendum).

I, for example, wrote academic pieces about how to build UK-EU science after Brexit. Many of us up for discussion & co-work.

Lancaster House killed that.
We’d even been holding meetings about the UK as a “third pillar” (alongside EU & EFTA) within the Single Market- with advice from Norweigen reps.

But all such discussion got rejected out-of-hand by ERG/VL/Govt/BBC.

Felt like they’d won by an inch but felt entitled to miles.
Read 5 tweets
25 Jul
But @Dominic2306

You’re talking about a no-deal Brexit here, which would’ve instantly shafted “our science & tech agenda”.

It would’ve frozen all UK Horizon 2020 projects with UK as coordinator (issue wasn’t technically solved), wrecked future collabs, UK reputation [thread]
Also, there would have been instant cessation of data passing between UK and Single Market labs/sci teams. That’s because there would have been no contractual underpinning for data security.

There would also have been no deal on movement of experts/ qualification recognition…
Supplies of sensitive/dangerous/ biological substances would be put on hold (eg DNA or test samples that need chilled/ deep freeze transport) for lack of known regulation and insecurity around time to transport materials that require special shipping conditions…
Read 8 tweets
22 Jul
Tonight @DawnButlerBrent will be on @BylineTV talking about…

▪️Boris Johnson’s lying

▪️Being kicked out of Parliament for evidencing that Boris Johnson lies.

Make sure you RT this like mad and tune in… 👏😎
OK - here’s the deal…

@DawnButlerBrent has now done her interview/statement with @BylineTV.

She shunned other media to do this.

It’s being edited furiously and should come out in the next 30mins.

Please follow @BylineTV now - and give the video a ton of love when it lands.
I’m waiting too, lol. C’mon @CaolanRob … 🍿
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15 Jul
Please everyone retweet, so that @MarcusRashford sees it.

This is the country I want. This is what community is about. ❤️

And everyone - please follow @BylineTV. The team regularly produces absolutely beautiful content.

And if you can… chip into the Patreon, so they can produce more and more and more of this lovely stuff. 👇

Patreon.com/BylineTV
And here’s the FB version, if you want to share it around that universe:

fb.watch/6Mg5LVksKa/
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