Just Stop Oil protesters halt opera performance with confetti bomb
Three protesters purchased tickets to Glyndebourne, East Sussex, and began protest an hour into the performance
Can’t allow the fat lady to sing.
Just Stop Oil protesters halt opera performance with confetti bomb
Three protesters purchased tickets to Glyndebourne, East Sussex, and began protest an hour into the performance
Can’t allow the fat lady to sing.
I bet this never happens at Stormzy’s concerts.
Well I may disagree with them about everything, but one less interminable opera performance is something I suppose.
And there’s me thinking it’s all part of the show …
They really are proving they’ve just children being disruptive because they want to be disruptive. They’re like those IRA members who loved the kneecapping and didn’t give a damn about the actual sectarian problems.
It’s a pity they won’t mount a similar stunt at the Hajj in Mecca. Surely they should be shaming the Saudis into not pumping oil
How about Glyndbourne publishing the names and addresses of the protesters…?
Sort of on topic as it’s eco-protestors that have contributed to this by constantly objecting to plans…
See if you can join up the dots.
1) A hosepipe and sprinkler ban is being imposed on people in Kent and Sussex. South East Water said it had no choice after demand for drinking water had reached “record levels” in June.
2) The last major public water supply reservoir to be constructed in the UK for water supply
purposes was Carsington in 1991 and although a number of water supply reservoirs have been
proposed since the 1960’s very few have made it to completion.
3) UK population 1960 52.5m UK population 1991 – 57.3m UK population 2023 67.7m
@jgh: I thought the kneecapping was usually because an independent drug dealer had been encroaching on the IRA’s turf and taking some of their dealing profits.
They have impinged on the lives of the great & good. Expect a change in official attitudes towards JSO.
UK population 2023 67.7m
And the rest.
Does anybody believe the British government actually knows/cares how many people live here?
Remember, the same Civil Service that collates and publishes population stats is also now claiming grooming gangs are mostly white guys. They’re about as believable as the Ministry of Defence.
There could be 100 million people on this island, how would we know?
Funnily enough goung through their website, I can find mo mention of who Glyndebourne’s sponsors actually are.
They v proud if their greenness though
https://www.glyndebourne.com/about-us/glyndebourne-and-the-environment/
@Steve
I think around 90m is the number arrived at after some work done on shop sales. Haven’t looked at the numbers myself but apparently it’s possible to estimate this based on sales of certain products.
Of course, few of the uncounted are going to be indigenous.
Glyndebourne say:
“Initiatives undertaken in 2021, including the replacement of 27 year old gas boilers with significantly more efficient models”
Elsewhere on their web-site they mention the efficiency improvement is 20%. Fair enough, but not going for heat pumps then.
It would make sense to allow them to frack for their own gas underneath the land they own and get the CO2 saving down further with local sourcing.
Well, if your boilers are 27 years old, they’re going to be falling to bits and needing replacing *anyway*. And what’s brand new today is going to be more efficient than what was brand new 27 years ago. DUH!
We know the population because there is a legal obligation to complete census forms at every address in the UK, with penalties for default. We can be confident the threat of these penalties will provoke the reporting of people living in garden sheds all over Greater London and in the back rooms of, for example, curry houses and kebab shops throughout the UK as well.
Figures for Scotland are less reliable of course, given the SNP was in charge of the census.
“There could be 100 million people on this island, how would we know?”
Easy, analyse the water and sewage systems. People have to drink and sh*t has got to go somewhere.
Good idea, Jim. You first.
AndrewC suggests shop sales. There was a sudden jump in immigration in spring 2020 to judge by sales of toilet paper.
We know the population because there is a legal obligation to complete census forms at every address in the UK, with penalties for default.
I can only recall completing a single census form in my entire life. And that’s since leaving home at 17. Otherwise, I’ve always ignored them. Never noticed any consequences.
It would be interesting to know how they got there. There is a train station in Glynde about a mile an a half away, but driving is much more convenient. If they drove, was it in an EV?
I’ve evaded every census since 1991 (I think). Never even had anyone try to follow it up, but then again, I’m not a vocal refusenik. Just think UK Government should mind it’s own business.
If it was just a question of Name, Address and DoB I wouldn’t mind, but the last few have been ridiculously intrusive, so…get phuqed.
Funnily enough, that was the only section I filled in on the last one. Not had any followup to ask about all the other intrusive questions.
2011’s form got lost in the post. Apparently.
It’s a mystery. I stumbled across an uncompleted census form among my paperwork but I also have had an email thanking me for submitting my census form. Does that mean that some rogue has submitted a fake one for me?
Wasn’t it in Hong Kong that they started to estimate the population by measuring water usage? Seems like a reasonable approach to me
My water company meters water usage and assumes that the sewerage volume is the same as water usage. Is that a reasonable approach?
There was a Polly T column years ago. Insisting that the populations of London boroughs – Labour ones, obvs – were much higher than recorded so they should have more money. The measurement was done through sewage volume.
Oddly, now folk are worrying aout volume of immigration that argument – and measurement system – seems to have been deep holed.
@Tim W
I can recall Newham council claiming to harbour 340% of the UK’s Somali population. Or it did, if one compared Newham’s claim with the governments, of how many Somalis admitted to the UK.
Take that as you will.
If Newham council told me the sun was going to shine tomorrow, I’d go out and buy a wind-up torch.
estimate the population by measuring water usage?
Are you not aware that Muslims are extremely fastidious people who are careful to wash at least 5 times daily? And then there’s laundering all those dish-dashes to spotless white.
Could give entirely the wrong impression.
@Diogenes
There are parts of Kent and East Sussex that have now been without water for nearly a week. Does this mean the population is rapidly declining?
John Galt
I did laugh out loud at that one – but in fairness it could probably be applied to any of the London boroughs!!
Data from sewage/water companies + food sold by supermarkets allegedly indicate a population already in excess of 80m.
A proper analysis of the number of new NI numbers issued year by year since 1990 would make fascinating reading.
A proper analysis of the number of new NI numbers issued year by year since 1990 would make fascinating reading.
Isn’t this one of those numbers they tell you they don’t collect? Convenient that.
Just Stop Oil don’t seem to have much idea about getting people to be on their side. So far they have succeeded in alienating commuters, snooker fans and now opera buffs. I wonder who else they plan on pissing off?
To my mind they should copy the vegans. With a few exceptions, the vegans don’t cause disruption to other people’s lives. They simply do their best to live without using animal based products. Surely using oil is a similar moral issue, so if you believe that oil is bad, stop using it and anything that is derived from it.
Yes, I also agree that Just Stop Oil should simply starve themselves to death for the good of all.
Stonyground
I think what they really mean is You Should Just Stop Using Oil. Not them.
Stony: JSO don’t really care if they piss people off. In their tiny minds they think it’ll make us pause and reflect. Besides it’s a lot of fun if you delight in winding people up and shitting on them from a great height.
Good point stony.
Vegans have really worked on making their products cheaper and tastier. Don’t have to agree with the results though I like the Greggs sausage roll, but that’s where their efforts have gone.
JSO should have a crack at making low CO2 services better, cheaper and sexier.