Cressida Gething missing bro's wedding

Do you think "something really mega" will prompt industries and individuals to take the necessary action?

Right wingers? Do grow up.

Her and her ilks actions were a direct attack on the poor. They can all rot in prison for all I care. Those living in poverty will be disproportionately impacted by their actions and they fucking know it. It's all well and good for them to crow to us about climate change and the like but I can assure you my impact on this planet is negligible precisely BECAUSE I am poor. I shop in second hand shops, I've never had a foreign holiday, I rarely buy meat because I can't afford it, I rarely have my heating on because I can't afford it, I don't even drive ffs.

If I miss a cancer appointment then guess what, I can't simply then go private, I'd have to wait another 2 months like the cancer patient in this case. If I were to miss work and lose pay it would mean not being able to pay a bill that month. If I missed my DSs autism assessment then I'd likely have to wait another 5 years for one because I can't simply pay for another.

I am sick to the back fucking teeth of being preached to, looked down upon and inconvenienced by those who have zero understanding or empathy for what life is really like for those on the brink of poverty.

@commonground

most “regular family girls” don’t go around committing crime and causing harm to others do they?

'Ecoyob' 'Moans'. Blimey, what dense headlines.

I hope that young woman realises she is on the right side of history. Poor kid.

No one is listening. Of course the protests are desperate! It's a literal planet emergency. I hope JSO and other protest groups are planning something really mega next. Wake up world!

Sorry, but I’ve got neither the time nor the inclination to read all this. (I’m a thick, working class northerner, see, so I don’t understand a lot of big words.) I got as far as the bit about your strong-minded daughter. Fascinating, I’m sure, but how is it relevant to Cressida and her brother’s wedding?

Gosh, what a great statement by the mum. I really feel for her. She mentioned the wedding to paint a picture of a regular family girl and an example of what she will miss.

She is right, btw. No one is listening. We are screwed. If we had another 100 years to effect change we might be OK. But we don't.

@popthepopcorns - I don’t think anyone on here who agrees with Cressida’s sentencing is denying that there is a climate emergency!

How unutterably depressing that only 20% of people (even here, on Mumsnet, where the level of education is ostensibly higher than average) have any understanding of the impending climate emergency.

The word 'emergency' isn't hyperbole. We are on the brink of catastrophe.
Insects are disappearing, bird and animal species are becoming extinct, the few remaining forests are still being cleared... people keep buying crap from Shein and driving around cities in SUVs - and this poor girl is the problem?

Bloody hell, wake up!

How unutterably depressing that only 20% of people (even here, on Mumsnet, where the level of education is ostensibly higher than average) have any understanding of the impending climate emergency.

The word 'emergency' isn't hyperbole. We are on the brink of catastrophe.
Insects are disappearing, bird and animal species are becoming extinct, the few remaining forests are still being cleared... people keep buying crap from Shein and driving around cities in SUVs - and this poor girl is the problem?

Bloody hell, wake up!

@User8646382 😂 I can see how you might think that, but no. But I'm clearly in some kind of minority on this thread. I'm a working class immigrant raised on environmentalism by necessity and international solidarity, working with asylum-seekers from regions impacted by the climate emergency so, despite being a middle-aged woman and a mother of a strong-minded DD, I've little else in common with Mrs CressieMum.

And I'm not really in a lather, just frustrated that instead of directing a bit more "Wtf!?"-energy at the fossil fuel corporations who are screwing us all over with the help of our governments (here's hoping Labour will bring fresh hope), the working poor of the UK, many of whom were adversely and disproportionately impacted by the actions of JSO, are being cynically pitted against a handful of protesters (and a mum) instead of encouraged to rise in solidarity with the poor and voiceless in other nations, who are really feeling the climate emergency bite already. In terms of having a voice, and choosing whether we use it or not, we have the privilege. So we should think carefully about where we put our energy.

@SoreAndTired1 , I'm sorry you're unwell. The prevention of emergency services vehicles to reach their destinations doesn't sit well with most people, I don't think.
As to whether Cressida really cares about her cause: I suspect she does. I'm working class and know working class kids who care deeply about the environment and have participated in direct action. It is in the interest of workers of all nations to demand climate justice.

@macaroniandcheeze, way to go!

Serves the stupid girl right. Wish people would protest near the wedding and see how they like it. What difference are they making, sweet FA. Go protest in china and see how that goes.