Who will police green Utopia? And how?
by Ben Pile | Dec 24, 2020
This post is adapted from a recent Twitter thread, based on a Telegraph article, in which it is suggested:
Police may have to enforce strict environmental laws as part of Government’s ambitious Green agenda
Ambitious climate change targets set by the Government will see a raft of new lifestyle restrictions being imposed
Some have said the article is ‘clickbait’. I think it’s understatement. More on the article shortly.
It’s relevant to me, because I’ve had a a number of conversations with people recently, who are of the mind that, as soon as the government realise the Net Zero agenda has hit material and political reality, it will be withdrawn.
‘Material reality’ means blackouts and huge expense. ‘Political reality’ means the backlash that expense and scarcity cause, which could be anything, protests, riots, or new political movements taking the initiative. The last is a moot point, because there is almost zero possibility of a new party emerging, convincing a majority and taking power before the Net Zero agenda is all but fully implemented. The dominant Westminster parties are members of near-formal consensus on climate change, and are adamant that the public should have no say.
https://www.climate-resistance.org/2020/12/who-will-police-green-utopia-and-how.html