[Other Sport] Protester climbs onto crucible snooker table

[Guinness Boy]

It wasn’t a Tarquin this time, it was an Edred.

Just Stop Oil snooker protester is student who glued hand to painting

Edred Whittingham, 25, is a Philosophy, Politics and Economics student at Exeter University who was sent to prison last year for blockading the Kingsbury Oil Terminal.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[rogersix]

Your words not mine.

My point might be that recycling a couple of wine bottles and living off solar panels in the UK might not provide a 100% solution.

Because you can't do everything, it doesn't mean you should do nothing

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I know you take an interest in snooker so you'll know what I'm getting at.

If the Ashes was disrupted by protestors ruining play I wouldn't make stupid jokes about cricket as I don't really follow the sport but I admire those who do because it's a time consuming sport like snooker and they deserve a bit of respect for that.

That happened in 1975, when the Headingley pitch was dug up, and ironically, oil poured over it.

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/headingley-1975-when-vandals-stopped-play-1814117

 

[Thunder Bolt]

They also like to litter the countryside with plastic

There's two sides to the story and the second side was very short. It was clear, it was down to a few, not the whole organisation. It's like blaming all Brighton fans for the behaviour of a few drunken idiots.



"The farmer is right to be angry," a spokesperson for the group said. "Just Stop Oil is sorry that the site was not cleaned up, this is now being organised.

"The area should have been cleaned, so that the land, people and wildlife are protected."

Just Stop Oil apologises for rubbish left near oil depot tunnel

A farmer criticises the "unacceptable" litter online after it was left near the Kingsbury Oil depot.

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[The Clamp]

World Snooker Championship 2023: Shocking scenes as 'Just Stop Oil' protestor covers table with orange powder - Snooker video - Eurosport

Just Stop Oil protesters invaded the Crucible during the Monday evening session at the World Snooker Championship. A man stood on the table during the match between Robert Milkins and Joe Perry and threw orange powder on the table. A woman tried to invade the other table where Mark Allen and Fan...

www.eurosport.co.uk

Absolute nutter all these protesters need to be locked up.

People pushing balls around a table with sticks disrupted by people trying to save earth.

But, but, but MY good time! What about ME!?

I want to see the sticky ball people! What about ME!!!!!?

Call the cops.

 

[Badger Boy]

People pushing balls around a table with sticks disrupted by people trying to save earth.

Call the cops.

They're not trying to save the earth. They're seeking attention and using a "cause" to do so. These people have absolutely no right to disrupt other people's lives for their "cause". They have no right to block motorways, no right to damage snooker tables and no right to prevent trains being able to run. This criminal behaviour should have longer term consequences for these few extremists who think they're more important than the people they're disrupting.

Absolutely call the cops, criminal behaviour happened and they should and will be punished.

 

[The Clamp]

They're not trying to save the earth. They're seeking attention and using a "cause" to do so. These people have absolutely no right to disrupt other people's lives for their "cause". They have no right to block motorways, no right to damage snooker tables and no right to prevent trains being able to run. This criminal behaviour should have longer term consequences for these few extremists who think they're more important than the people they're disrupting.

Absolutely call the cops, criminal behaviour happened and they should and will be punished.

You don’t really get what a protest is, do you

Some replies on here remind me of Johnny Vaughan’s “Old cockney Ladies on the tube” skits .

“I should like to see their ‘ands cut orf”

“They should be ‘anged from Tower Bridge”

“All of them unemployed, for various reasons”

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

And if the powder escalates into something more sinister?

They're not trying to save the earth. They're seeking attention and using a "cause" to do so. These people have absolutely no right to disrupt other people's lives for their "cause". They have no right to block motorways, no right to damage snooker tables and no right to prevent trains being able to run. This criminal behaviour should have longer term consequences for these few extremists who think they're more important than the people they're disrupting.

Absolutely call the cops, criminal behaviour happened and they should and will be punished.

Motorways are always gridlocked and trains rarely run on time anyway. Do you have the same ire for all the motorists and railway companies causing this on a daily basis?

 

[worthingseagull123]

Interesting that they like to scrounge as well.

Revealed: Just Stop Oil activist who disrupted snooker with orange powder sells protests online for as little as £5

A Just Stop Oil protestor who covered a snooker table in orange paint during the World Championship offers his protestor services for as little as £5 a month.

www.lbc.co.uk

 

[worthingseagull123]

Motorways are always gridlocked and trains rarely run on time anyway. Do you have the same ire for all the motorists and railway companies causing this on a daily basis?

Motorways are not always gridlocked though. Most of the time, they flow well.

Yes accidents, road works and rush hour, make journey times slower, but this is not the same as blocking a road.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

I've said it before and I'll repeat. When they find an affordable alternative to replace my fossil fuel guzzling transport, I will be all over it. Until then, the great unwashed bunny cuddlers should maintain a safe distance away from me

 

[The Clamp]

Interesting that they like to scrounge as well.

Revealed: Just Stop Oil activist who disrupted snooker with orange powder sells protests online for as little as £5

A Just Stop Oil protestor who covered a snooker table in orange paint during the World Championship offers his protestor services for as little as £5 a month.

www.lbc.co.uk

Ooh, I’ll take one of the motorway glue-ins.
A brace of sporting event disruption and can you throw in a bag of railway platform stoppages?

I’m okay but I know Nan’s running low. I think she must eat the bloody things!

 

[jcdenton08]

It wasn’t a Tarquin this time, it was an Edred.

Just Stop Oil snooker protester is student who glued hand to painting

Edred Whittingham, 25, is a Philosophy, Politics and Economics student at Exeter University who was sent to prison last year for blockading the Kingsbury Oil Terminal.

www.dailymail.co.uk

“Sent to prison last year for blockading”.

Like I said, these are repeat offenders. Essentially, career criminals.

 

[Mackenzie]

China is world leader in renewables. But yeah, we need concerted global efforts to change things. We might be less than 2% of world's consumption, less than 1% of world's population, but our influence is huge. Let's use it.

The protests are basically irrelevant to this discussion. If our government wastes effort trying to stop them directly, or makes them the problem, nothing will change and the protests will only get bigger. Become a proper world leader and we can make a difference. Can't see it happening with current government unfortunately

They won’t be around for much longer.

 

[BBassic]

Someone should tell them the Earth is basically f***ed and no amount of orange paint will change that.

 

[Springal]

Someone should tell them the Earth is basically f***ed and no amount of orange paint will change that.

Basically like protesting about the Goldstone. Loads of pointless noise, didn’t save the ground so waste of everyone’s time really.

 

[jcdenton08]

Reports basically confirming they are “protestors for hire”, as most of us suspected. They’ve been spotted at LGBTQ rallies, Black Lives Matter and vegan “meat is murder” campaigns. Mercenaries who care no more about the environment than anyone else - no different to the government, only after a pay day.

 

[rogersix]

I'd think again about China. As summarised by wikipedia:

"China is the world's leader in electricity production from renewable energy sources, with over triple the generation of the second-ranking country, the United States. China's renewable energy sector is growing faster than its fossil fuels and nuclear power capacity, and is expected to contribute 43 per cent of global renewable capacity growt. China's total renewable energy capacity exceeded 1,000 GW in 2021, accounting for 43.5 per cent of the country's total power generation capacity, 10.2 percentage points higher than in 2015. The country aims to have 80 per cent of its total energy mix come from non-fossil fuel sources by 2060, and achieve a combined 1,200 GW of solar and wind capacity by 2030"

First: its amazing what an authoritarian rule can do when it wants to, and second, if the Chinese Communist Party are taking it that seriously, that should be food for thought for all of us.

They're not trying to save the earth. They're seeking attention and using a "cause" to do so. These people have absolutely no right to disrupt other people's lives for their "cause". They have no right to block motorways, no right to damage snooker tables and no right to prevent trains being able to run. This criminal behaviour should have longer term consequences for these few extremists who think they're more important than the people they're disrupting.

Absolutely call the cops, criminal behaviour happened and they should and will be punished.

there's not a right to protest in this country anymore? have we taken a wrong turning, this used to be a free country, we didn't fight the nazis for this

 

[Badger Boy]

You don’t really get what a protest is, do you

Some replies on here remind me of Johnny Vaughan’s “Old cockney Ladies on the tube” skits .

“I should like to see their ‘ands cut orf”

“They should be ‘anged from Tower Bridge”

“All of them unemployed, for various reasons”

Thank you, I do understand what a protest is. I just think they're protesting nothing and causing disruption for no reason. They're obviously people who can't function in society so they're just angry and wanting to lash out, whatever the reason/"cause". They have no purpose and they have no solutions. They're just shouting at clouds but trying to ruin people's day whilst doing it and that sort of selfishness doesn't sit well with me.

The animal rights protests at the National were more than fair enough. They have a cause that they're genuinely passionate about and had something to say. There's a big difference between that and the prats of Just Stop Oil.

Motorways are always gridlocked and trains rarely run on time anyway. Do you have the same ire for all the motorists and railway companies causing this on a daily basis?

Yes I do and I've posted on that subject many, many times. I think the railways in this country are a disgrace because they're "for profit" and are foreign owned. The railways should be British owned and run and should be run closer to cost and any profits made should be invested in the network, properly staffing stations, etc. These are totally different subjects.

 

[rogersix]

Interesting that they like to scrounge as well.

Revealed: Just Stop Oil activist who disrupted snooker with orange powder sells protests online for as little as £5

A Just Stop Oil protestor who covered a snooker table in orange paint during the World Championship offers his protestor services for as little as £5 a month.

www.lbc.co.uk

just like the royal family