Did These Protesters Go Too Far? | The Russell Howard Hour

Protesting is important but some people take things a little too far. Watch as Russell goes over some of the craziest climate protesters and their methods of anarchy...
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[@oliversherman2414]

"I am a little upset" Angriest Canadian ever 😂

[@oliversherman2414]

​@@redred7289*GASP*

[@jtilton5]

Watch out! When the "sorry" stops... the war crimes begin.

[@burnyizland]

@@jtilton5 🍽 a 🍆

[@tntk3218]

​@@jtilton5Hahaha that qoute will never get old 🤣

[@martynrich5187]

@@oliversherman2414 Russel Howard is British, but the other parts fair

[@simplicity6564]

Russell always has a sobering and humorous way of explaining all sides of an issue, while ending with a compelling argument.

[@thyristo]

...and never did his blabla lead to any solution. He likes to preach - but does nothing by himself.

[@Dagr8soldjer]

All sides?? You're having a laugh. The man is a political ideologue.

[@CliveHarper-c2c]

He's a woke fool

[@pieceofgosa]

This is extremely simple. Protesting, in and of itself, should never be illegal. However, if in the course of your protest you break any other laws then you should absolutely face the legal consequences of that. End of discussion, let's move on.

[@rowanbrown5541]

So as the noose tightens around actions that "don't fall under protected protest" what are protesters supposed to do?

[@Ghosts1129]

Yeaaaah, but if you arrest someone in a protest due to breaking the law a riot happens... The cops get blamed... People get angry. Or a riot happens anyway... A lot of people who go to protests want to break something and do whatever they want, so any chance for a riot they'll take it.

[@realhorrorshow8547]

People who believe that they possess the unilateral right to declare a discussion closed are the main reason that others feel that they have to protest.

[@JDAfrica]

The second you break a law, or infringe on someone else’s constitution rights … ur I longer a protestor, and are a criminal.

[@idiotology5568]

@@realhorrorshow8547 Ssssshhh

[@2239jules]

If u take away people's right to protest, they will have to unpeacefully protest.

[@ripdbtpoo1441]

Jules is quite right. And a full - scale riot is a horrible thing.

[@colinfraser369]

It's not about taking away the right to protest, it's about preventing unequal protest. An organised march of 5000 people through central London causing some disruption is perfectly acceptable, the problem is when a dozen extremists can bring an entire city to a standstill by blocking a major motorway costing not only millions of pounds but also peoples lives.

[@Imreallyboredsick]

People do and should have the right to protest but not infringe on others' lives and cause that kind of disruption that Just Stop Oil has. A woman missed her own mother's funeral, and cancer patients have missed important hospital appointments due to their protests. No matter the cause, that is not, nor should it ever be acceptable.That's why those protestors have been jailed. In addition to disruption, that one occupation of the motorway last year alone cost the police about £1.5 million. This should not be acceptable in any kind of society.

[@Imreallyboredsick]

People do and should have the right to protest. But it is truly unacceptable what Just Stop Oil have done. A woman missed her own mother's funeral, and cancer patients had to rearrange important appointments due to protests. No one has the right to cause that much disruption to other's lives. That's why people have been jailed. In their occupation of a motorway alone last year, cost the police about £1.5 million or more.

[@barbarahayden5602]

They haven't taken away anybody's rights just allowing non protesters their rights to not protest

[@StaceyStaser]

Protesting is so important. People need to feel like they can express themselves peacefully👏

[@Imreallyboredsick]

Yeah, but not in the way Just Stop Oil has. If you don't know anything about it, I suggest you look into it. It is truly disgusting. That's why people have been jailed.

[@hollyhead]

@@Imreallyboredsick bro ur cooked, look at the climate crisis

[@Imreallyboredsick]

@hollyhead Yeah, I can read I am aware of the climate crisis (my generation keeps harping on about it) and agree it's an issue. I'm not 'cooked' (whatever tf that means) I just use my brain, which is what I wished more of my generation would do. If you had bothered to use your eyes and read my comment properly, you would have realised I'm rightfully criticising the methods of Just Stop Oil.

[@hollyhead]

@@Imreallyboredsick there is no point in the acceptable protest I am assuming you are advocating, that is antithetical to the definition

[@AWSgraphics]

Sure it absolutely is important. But when they destroy things or glue themselves to things. Or stop people getting to work etc they can fuck right off.

[@juki6377]

the guy with the benny hill music should be given a knighthood, incredibly funny XD

[@madden92]

It’s the choice of music too, Benny Hill followed by ABBA was heroic

[@Mr00Chief00]

The problem with a lot of protesters is imo they do it more for themselves so they can feel good about themselves than for the actual goal and in the process they lose sight of whether what they do is actually practically helping. You want to help the planet? Start with things like I have started doing for the past 15 years: I drive a small economical car, I eat very little if any meat, I only throw things away that really are worn out and can't be repaired etc. In The Netherlands where I live they made a calculation estimating that if all the Dutch would dispense with eating meat for 1 day per week you reduce so much CO2 it's the equivalent of the output generated by 1 million cars. That's the sort oif thing that's going to make a difference, NOT walking around in a bird suit and making obscure theater that leaves other people scratching their heads whether you have lost your sanity or not.

[@TheDominicProject]

The problem with this is you need 1 million people to do it. You forget that the UK is a fucking deranged mess compared to you guys, our media is horrific. And all these little changes when petroleum companies could solve it all themselves, or government policy and regulations. We haven't got time to do the little things we have to do everything yesterday.

[@cillianennis9921]

Most of these protestors are like the suffragettes. A bunch of eejits who turn attention away from the groups actually working to make the difference who are far larger & in doing so turning people against it. The Suffragettes weren't the group who should be remembered but the suffragists. The Suffragettes bloody burned down the house of an MP who was for the women's right to vote. Eejits. The thing that actually made a difference was WWI & women showing they could do it like men & thus won the right to vote.

[@Koreviking]

You can do both, you know.

[@autumbreeze1129]

The Rebel Whopper from Hungry Jacks (Burger King for anyone outside Australia) is the only Vegan food I'll regularly want to eat. Most other Vegan foods I've tried, I've had the same thought "eh. Not bad, I guess. But I'm not going out of my way to try that again".

[@licensetodrive9930]

There's an irony in one of Russell's last few words being censored.

[@Rell-z9k]

Im an American and have been a fan of yours for almost 10 years. This is how I get my UK news and watching LBC you tube channel.

[@Itsembish.]

you do know this is from at least two years ago right?

[@Rell-z9k]

@@Itsembish. I didnt know that but Its ok I just wanted to leave a comment. I did see there were riots happening there recently though on other channels.

[@samjames5552]

Just stop oil certainly do have a point but some of their protests are stupid as and was stated here, they are pissing people off who actually back their cause. I understand sometimes risks need to be taken but some of the things they are doing can have deadly consuquences for innocent people.

[@RWMIK]

I fully support their cause i just don't support them blocking emergency vehicles and vandalising art and statues along with criminal damage that they are getting away with.

[@CosmicAxolotl0416]

They are also not really fighting for their cause. Think about it. They are fighting for the planet whilst also blocking roads. This means more emissions are going into our atmosphere. They need to stop blocking roads they are just making climate change faster.

[@edwardroche2480]

What the oil companies and shipping companies are doing is absolutely costing human lives and human health and the planets health. We can sit by and peacefully protest forever and be ignored. These greedy bastard corporations that are busy destroying the Earth for profit cannot be ignored anymore they must be stopped at all cost. You're right a peaceful protest will just be ignored.

[@AzuraeLyonheart]

They do have a point, but that address middle class idiots with nothing too do. We all know the climate is an issue, renewables are a good thing but money greedy companies won't commit, you know, at they won't make some people rich.....😢

[@SuperSaiyanMewtwo7]

@@RWMIK They didn't block emergency vehicles.

[@lorraineterry884]

I ❤ the message at the end, well said Russell 👏👏👏

[@woodyspooner]

I noticed Keir Starmer hasn't mentioned the Tories anti protest laws, I wonder why.

[@macbitz]

Not a great fan of either of the two big parties but at least Starmer has been critical of these laws, viewing them as an overreach and potentially damaging to civil liberties. He has expressed concerns about the breadth of the powers given to police and the potential for these laws to be used to stifle legitimate protest. As and when he might do something about it, who knows?

[@woodyspooner]

@macbitz I must have missed that, a little reassured that Starmer has been critical of the Tory anti protest laws.

[@jameswright4236]

​@macbitz he'll just wait for the media storm to die down and fpr people to simply forget they can no longer effectively protest, leaving Labour free to behave as they please.

[@jakeandrews6296]

​@@woodyspoonerNot to say Macbitz isn't trustworthy... But you're probably better off trying to find evidence of Kier Starmer saying these things yourself. 99.9% sure that you'll find the evidence, but probably shouldn't just believe things someone tells you as fact in the comments section. Sad as it is to say.

[@cazzabojangles]

Vegan food ideas for when you're pissed: -Onion rings -Potato waffles -Chips/ wedges -Quorn cocktail sausages -Popcorn -Rice cakes (can lead to depression) -Doughnuts Honorable vegetarian recommendation: A pickled egg

[@absolutezeromusicofficial]

@@cazzabojangles Quorn cocktail sausages aren't vegan, they have eggs in. Let's not put our money towards macerating male chicks alive on their first day of life. Also you missed: falafel wraps, vegan kebabs, vegan burgers, vegan wings, nuts, peanuts.

[@ReptilianTeaDrinker]

Eww, pickled eggs and onion rings. Absolutely vile. Anything pickles, containing vinegar or onions is just absolutely gross. I'm a vegetarian, but I can't even stand the smell of those things. The other things listed though, I agree with! Oatmilk icecream is good, but there's only a few brands that seem to do it right and make it actually taste good. lol

[@cazzabojangles]

@@ReptilianTeaDrinker I don't really like the shop bought pickled eggs, so I make my own. The vinegar isn't as pungent because I mix it with beetroot juice, plus it turns the eggs a fabulous shade of carmine pink :) AND YES OATMILK ICECREAM IS FANTASTIC

[@harveytheparaglidingchaser7039]

😢 the M25 action caused about 200.000 tons CO2 emissions 50.000 hours of traffic jams. I love their goals but the methods are nuts

[@robertnapier624]

Just stop oil’s goal of saving the planet: add more damage to it. Let’s be real, we’re already past the point of no return. The world is denial just to give people a false sense of hope.

[@AshlynJones123]

@@harveytheparaglidingchaser7039 I couldn't have said it better myself

[@birdy-numnum6321]

🎉 Mazin content Russell! Great work ❤

[@gggalaxies4122]

7:23 "Hello Sir what can I get you?" "I want the big and NASTY."

[@Soda_Drunka]

You mean the big and tasty?

[@thomasnolastname8734]

​@@Soda_Drunka "I want the Big and NAAASSTY"

[@Unfortunately_Mickey]

God i love ABBA

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

If a protest is quiet enough... IT WILL BE UTTERLY MEANINGLESS.

[@foldionepapyrus3441]

A protest doesn't have to anti-social or massively inconvenient to the general public though... Also it rather helps sell the message and make it more acceptable to the folks you are inconveniencing if the protest is at least related to issue you claim to support - How does glueing yourself to trains a massively green way of moving people and stuff about help 'save the planet' - great you have made everyone commuting to work late, many of whom might actually be working at company or on research actively putting money into solving the issues, and the rest are now actively against you as you have ruined their week... You want to protest about home insulation you turn up with a bale of wool or two with the current stupidly low price stuck through it - this is how little it costs to save x energy per household, and stick it somewhere prominent but that doesn't cause gridlock...

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

@@foldionepapyrus3441 You're talking about a middle ground, but the politicians here are pumping for a NIL ground, where you can only protest quietly in a closet somewhere, hence the problem.

[@Dracon7601]

It kind of does, or the general public won't necessarily care and in turn put pressure on governments.​@@foldionepapyrus3441

[@thyristo]

No - then the oligarchs will know that they are in really deep shit.

[@KuroNekoExMachina]

@@foldionepapyrus3441 " protest doesn't have to anti-social or massively inconvenient to the general public though... " It doesnt have to be nor doesnt it have to be. So your point==moot.

[@Jestymesty]

When they throw paint over works of art and Stonehenge they have lost the argument

[@thomasmount3530]

In David Attenborough's voice re: the oil protesters, 'Where's a pride of f**king lions when you need them' had me dying!!!

[@eighty6films]

Thank you for supporting Iranian Women 🙋🏽‍♀️🤜🏽💥👳🏽‍♂️

[@jacksmith-mu3ee]

Why don't usa ease sanctions on Iran . You ll be helping women even more

[@jacksmith-mu3ee]

Fully support Iran. China is helping Iran out of poverty propagated by USA sanctions .

[@rempanda]

@@jacksmith-mu3ee That's not supporting Iranian women. That's supporting the oppressive regime that's abusing and murdering Iranian women. Congratulations on supporting a literal terrorist government. #WomenLifeFreedom - go look it up.

[@markniteguy]

Thanks for bringing attention to the Iranian people's cause who are suffering by an unelected occupying terrorist regime which many in the west either don't know about or don't care but they are quick to support Hamas terrorists. ❤😊

[@gilbey80]

@Russel Howard. You sir for Prime Minister !!!!!!! Utter legend!!!

[@Public.Public.1]

Excellent point.

[@Waltuh0185]

Got this video during the southport protests

[@danielbartolomeu9332]

Dear Russell, Hello I'm your fan from Scotland from Daniel B

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

I don't agree with the way Just Stop Oil protest. But I will defend their right to do so with my last breath...except for blocking emergency vehicles. It's a slippery slope to start putting restrictions on protests because eventually, it will affect something you care about. If you're not inconveniencing people, you're not protesting. Neither are you if you're just poncing about in weird costumes.

[@Theworldisscrewed]

You say you dont agree the way just stop oil protest yet your saying its not protesting if it doesn't cause an inconvenience, make it make sense.

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

@@Theworldisscrewed It means you can go too far with how much you inconvenience people. Hope that makes sense now.

[@Imreallyboredsick]

​@Michelle_Schu-blacka Yeah, but in my opinion Just Stop Oil go too far. And they do block emergency services as I heard a story about a woman in active labour in an ambulance who wasn't able to get through due to protests. There was a woman who missed her mother's funeral and an grandfather who missed his granddaughter's birth. Cancer patients have had to rearrange hospital appointments. It's just so selfish. In a free society, people should have the right to protest, but not to the point on infringing on other's lives which is what Just Stop Oil have done. Not to mention they keep targeting historical objects and paintings which is always despicable.

[@foldionepapyrus3441]

You don't need to inconvenience everyone to protest, heck do it right you don't need to inconvenience anybody beyond making the folks with decision making power look stupid. They can keep on ignoring the problem and look stupid or have to come up with a good argument for it. 'Protests' as Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil have been doing are really nothing more than vandalism more often than not, do nothing but annoy everyone and usually actively make the problems they claim to care about worse - gridlock is soo green...

[@sirjmo]

@@Theworldisscrewed There's a difference in causing a hours long traffic jam and using noise to annoy reporters & politicians. Both are protests, the first goes too far and the second properly targets who to inconvenience.

[@frankquilo9633]

"Reasons for suffrage opposition The opposition to the right for women to vote was a multifaceted phenomenon in which women themselves played a major part.[24] One reason for women's opposition was their belief that women were equal to men (although women were expected to be "equal" in different spheres from men); and that women already had significant moral authority in society, which they would lose if they entered the corrupt world of partisan politics.[25] Anti-suffragists were also appalled by the violent tactics of suffragettes, who had attacked Members of Parliament with whips and a hatchet.[26] Many female maternal reformers, who sought to protect women's defined spheres of motherhood, education, philanthropy, and civil service, felt that women were the better sex for preserving British society through social service to their communities rather than by meddling with politics.[27] Many women had little desire to participate in politics, and believed that to do so was women just imitating men, instead of using the moral authority that came from being "real women."[25] Some feared that the right to vote would lead to uninformed women in making decisions on important political matters. Since Britain was in the process of colonizing other regions around the globe, some viewed the right to vote as a threat to their imperial power as it would make the British look weak to other nations who were male oriented still.[28] Some suffragist female groups developed militant and violent tactics which tarnished the image of women as peaceful people that the anti-suffragists had been striving to preserve. Anti-suffragists used these acts as reasons to show that women were unable to handle political matters and that both genders had different strengths.[29] Women writers promoted anti-suffragism through their wide readerships by raising questions of what ideal women were to be like." from Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-suffragism Suffragettes were mostly women from higher classes and had therefore a safer place and more protection in society, while women from lower classes feared that they would lose the protected places they had in society. Inform yourself before you compress a multilayered historical phenomenon without a proper explanation and context to make a cheap punchline.

[@Shebeast3]

my glaswegian brothers and sisters really doing me proud🎉😂❤

[@heyojayo8642]

Ask me about gas prices. The state of our seas The pollution on our planet a. There is no planet b. There is no spare. The continent sized plastic rubbish leading to wildlife eating plastic which we in turn eat as fish. Ask the teflon don "to big to fail" oil barons if they have gone too far

[@dh8203]

What about gas prices?

[@borano2031]

@@dh8203 All too low. The price of the contribution to wreck our planet must be higher. Rgr

[@dh8203]

@@borano2031 Ok, wasn't sure if that's where you were going, but yeah it's heavily subsidized to keep the pump price artificially low, which is a bit insane at this point.

[@MrTwisterNo2]

Too big to fail is a government policy for the financial sector banks. It's nothing to do with oil barons.

[@creatrixZBD]

@@borano2031in my country around 56% of the fuel price at the pump is added taxes 🤷🏽‍♀️ demonising individuals’ practices is not where the change is needed. It’s in the industries, manufacturing and logistics/transport. A global economy is not conducive to good stewardship of the Planet, full stop.

[@nickdawson9236]

excellent thanks

[@helipeek2736]

Kittenwang? I think Numberwang might have finally met it’s match.

[@mancfox]

Brilliant that you managed to get the Boris is a prick clip in there twice! 👌

[@birdy-numnum6321]

😅 word! ❤

[@the_unrepentant_anarchist.]

Yeah, because jokes about a prime minister who's already been replaced three times are totally relevant. Might have been funny four years ago, today, not so much.... 🍄

[@almudd]

The ability to protest is key to a functioning democracy. Without it you live in a dictatorship.

[@----.__]

And the ability to get to work without some twat gluing their face to the road is key to a functioning society. Without it you live in a mental asylum.

[@JDAfrica]

Protest on a pavement - don’t stop others from freedom of movement. Ur rights shouldn’t infringe mine

[@KuroNekoExMachina]

@@JDAfrica Your "right to protest" on the pavement stops my "freedom of movement" on the same pavement. The only difference is you payed for the gas. This is absolute bullshit from people who think protesting shouldnt be done on the road, until you justify to yourself that you need to protest on the road, then its all good.

[@JDAfrica]

@@KuroNekoExMachina I can agree with you. I think my main issue in regards to protests, when they block roads is medical, fire rescue and tying up police resources from crimes. I have no problem with people voicing disagreements on virtually anything I don’t agree with … but, to block roads and have pregnant women, injured people or elderly restricted from medical treatment … is absurd. I think limits as to what and what doesn’t constitute a protest is needed. There’s a fine line between it being a right to air a grievance- and industrial/corporate terrorism. We have constitutional guarantees - but we have selective policing on that. IF you block my path and restrict my movement - jail. If I restrict what you say - Jail. If you use violence and intimidation - jail. As a for example, an 82 year old woman is going to jail next week for praying outside an abortion clinic… she didn’t say a thing - she just prayed.

[@absolutezeromusicofficial]

Russell mate, no vegan scrans a tangerine when they're drunk (though they are healthy and tasty). We have falafel wraps, seitan wings, plant-based burgers and sausages, and of course lots of nuts.

[@keeef23]

😂😂

[@danielsrandomchannel1472]

Yes!!

[@nilekavan]

If you dismiss every person that disagrees with your belief system as far right, racist and fascists you wil create the very fascists you so desire to be rid of

[@PlebNC]

Climate protesters be like: "How do we endear the public to our cause?" "Raise a fund to donate to climate tech companies and developments?" "No" "Raise awareness of the environmental sciences in schools and raise funds for grants to get students into those fields of study?" "No" "What if we have a really big obnoxious tantrum, refusing to confront the problem ourselves, while p*ssing off everyone including our own supporters, putting our lives and other lives in danger and causing disruption that increases CO2 emissions and waste than if we had done nothing? " "PERFECT! Nothing can go wrong with this plan!" "OH NO! Why do they all hate us? Don't they care about the planet?!"

[@AshlynJones123]

Might I add... Just Stop Oil even sat on a live racetrack (Silverstone 2021, I believe). And some were that stupid that they protested at a Formula E race. Formula E - otherwise known as Formula Electric (the only FIA sport to be fully electric until 2029) There is also Extreme E, which is all electric rallycross. Just Stop Oil protestors that are at an all-electric race. Like Howard said: "That is another level of delusion" They are putting themselves and some of the world's best athletes at risk with cars going 150+mph

[@cmtippens9209]

Just as ill-advised as Emily Davison who jumped in front of the horses on the racetrack at the Epsom Derby to draw attention to Women's Votes, and ended up a martyr, to some. I get so upset every time I hear about these protestors trying to throw substances at artwork or glue themselves to roadways in order to block traffic, and so on, and I certainly don't want someone putting themselves in harm's way as a protest.

[@stormokina7466]

Just stop oil is backed by an oil baron. I assume they use just stop oil to make actual green protesters look stupid.

[@AshlynJones123]

I see a common consensus here, @cmtippens9209 . Protest is good and needs to happen. Just Stop Oil is a valid cause and a reasonable protest. The way they go about it, though... that's not good. Blocking traffic, glueing themselves to roads, sitting on live race tracks... what else? "Showing your hooters to stop polluters?" as Howard said previously about it.

[@deanlowdon8381]

My worry is that these Just Stop Oil people are actually doing more harm than good to their cause. The only way we’ll get governments to take climate change more seriously is to convince enough of the population to put pressure on them, and Just Stop Oil just seem to be annoying most of the people in this country…

[@peterjohnson882]

Russel Howard, the king of re uploading the oldest stuff he can find. “Stay tuned up next breaking news, man finally conquers sky with new machine called aeroplane! “

[@AzimuthPrime]

Half the people at these "protests" don't even know what's going on.

[@ArialAElise]

respect

[@bettyswallocks6411]

At the time, Emily Wilding Davison didn’t get much public or press approval, but her action was one small part of getting an important message in the public eye and mind, in order to bring about required change.

[@Capt_Azzah93]

Does he have any new recent episodes?

[@kasnickijakub]

Nope

[@frufruJ]

@@kasnickijakub Do you know if he will any time soon? I love his comedy (and wisdom). We need that in these times.

[@IsaaMation]

I heard that he retired from TV to focus more on his Stand-up career.

[@roystonrubble7103]

No his show didn't get recommissioned by Sky about 2yrs ago due to low viewing figures

[@IsaaMation]

@@roystonrubble7103 ah. I thought so. I was confused.

[@stevec7028]

Awesome 😎

[@Midgetstars08]

Ecosexuals really said "its getting hot in here so take off all your clothes"

[@AshlynJones123]

@@Midgetstars08 Not wrong lmfao 🤣🤣

[@KuroNekoExMachina]

People don't want protests on the roads until they need protesting on the roads, then its all good. Hypocrites.

[@dandavis3787]

As my wife says "it's not what you said, it's how you said it"

[@iareid8255]

How can a protest be acceptable when what the claim is demonstrably false. The right for protest or free speech is fundamental but when the claim is so wrong then that right must be forfeited.

[@aussieAl-pd8qo]

They do have a point. The oil ain't gonna stop itself.

[@paulbradley9912]

The smartest little knob that I love. Did I mention how small, tiny he is, he's like a beaver with giant teeth and only small trees. Like a budget with no money or list. A coconut filled with vodka. Yet SOOOO small.

[@cmtippens9209]

Yes, your voice needs to be heard, but you need to make sure that you are addressing the correct audience.

[@alexrice2302]

Masa Amini!

[@michaelwilson2849]

Protest always get accepted unless it goes against what the media is pushing or if you are British and then you just called racist.

[@ultraginge1990]

The problem with these protests is that they bother normal people with no ability to do effect change. But leave everyone who can do something about it almost completely alone. I agree with the message just not the way they protest.

[@ivaneames4354]

These protesters don't know how far to go before stopping. Pretty much all protests cause inconvenience but protesters need to learn to stop before the public mindset goes from "Yes I was inconvenienced a bit but I understand where they're coming from, I get why they are upset and I kind of agree with them." To "I was so inconvenienced by them that now even any slight mention of their cause will remind me of that and gets me so angry that I don't want to hear a single thing about it and will ignore it whenever it is mentioned even if it is actually a good cause." These idiots are actually doing their causes great harm by making large chunks of the public angry at the entire cause and making them ignore it due to their antics. Doing stuff like throwing stuff over paintings etc just makes the public angry. They couldn't give two hoots about your cause, all you've done is make them mad. All publicity is good publicity simply is not true.

[@davepubliday6410]

Yeah, you’re right, they’re stupid. Martin Luther King and Gandhi got nowhere with their silly protests, did they ;)

[@borano2031]

@@ivaneames4354 People getting angry don´t want to touch this issue. People getting angry are childish people who had their boat rocked and went mental because of it. People getting angry can´t realize their own part in this question, they want OTHERS to act, not themselves. Rgr

[@----.__]

@@borano2031 Here you are again with more tripe. The average person - who the protests affect the most - can't do anything to stop large corporations or the elites from destroying the planet. If people are trying to get to work, or trying to make appointments, and some twat with their face glued to the road is stopping them then they have every right to be angry. Why don't these protesters glue themselves to the runway serving the COP summits? A small private jet travelling to COP emits two years worth of CO2 that you would emit in a day. A large private jet emits more than fifty years of CO2 compared to what you emit in a day. These elites are flying all over the planet, needlessly, yet the protesters don't target them. Instead they target people that may very well lose their job, their income, and potentially their homes. But sure, keep throwing around insults, let us know you're intellectually defunct without telling us.

[@Imreallyboredsick]

@borano2031 There is a difference between actual purposeful protesting that actually makes a change versus needlessly destroying paintings and other things that are public property. It is not childish to ridicule these acts of vandalism. I'm young, and my generation is inheriting these issues, and I've actually got to live in this world when those generations who've caused these issues are no longer living in it. I'm sorry, but invading public events like the Snooker World Championships, throwing orange paint everywhere, whether it be at a politician on his wedding day or on ancient monuments such as Stonehenge do absolutely nothing except needlessly cause a massive clean up bill and mass disruption to society for no legitimate reason. If you do not see the problem of righteously punishing ordinary people 'for their own good' I'm legitimately speechless.

[@NeonXXP]

They went to far the moment they put them selves in the way of other people just trying to live their life.

[@Digighost_5]

Like that guy who needed to get to work for his parole, who was stopped because of protesters

[@Alacritous]

What about the oil companies destroying your way of life? Don't seem to care too much about that.

[@deservingcomplexionm8111]

Well that’s what protests have to do. No point protesting if you don’t disrupt daily life

[@yerfriendlyneighborhoodsco3337]

@@Alacritous passively destroying it versus in our face with it, course people gonna be more pissed about the latter.

[@Alacritous]

@@yerfriendlyneighborhoodsco3337 they moved past passively in the 70s when their own scientists told them they were causing climate change.

[@someonesomewherenew6628]

10:47 that cut was badly hidden

[@carlaspinall7418]

There was protest in Southport over three girls getting sabed

[@TheBeastBoss04]

This was a lot more based than I was expecting

[@Steelinsea]

It’s almost as if they believe it’s the end of the world.

[@MrSaiThaker23]

5:22 love her to bits, no messing about x

[@AJ-lo5dr]

I saw that Luther joke coming from a mile away

[@MayaLarsen-y3r]

2:53 reminds me of 4 black birds baked in a pie.

[@The-Chrystalmachine]

It was actually 24, four, and twenty.

[@MayaLarsen-y3r]

@@The-Chrystalmachine thanks for that reminder.

[@Alexander27463]

We've got vegan sausages over here that are called little willies

[@nathandts3401]

Go too far? Sure. Jail time? No.

[@geared4war]

Those vegan sausages are worse than you think. They look exactly like my old fella in particular. My wife loves em though.

[@birdy-numnum6321]

😂

[@rosiepugh8310]

Ha Ha

[@stevec7028]

STEVE BRAY LEGEND AND AWESOME 😎

[@andydudley1775]

you do not get to be chief of police by reporting tory crimes .

[@jackbluepirate87]

Is this show still going? I've heard numerous people say the shows have been cancelled or something, and i want to know where they heard this from?

[@danzirvine]

essentially Sky One that it was on has shut down, and now the show is being moved to Sky Max

[@jackbluepirate87]

@@danzirvine So it isn't cancelled, just moved to a different channel and just hasn't been renewed?

[@danzirvine]

@@jackbluepirate87 basically, especially since he is currently on tour

[@jackbluepirate87]

@danzirvine Ah, cheers! That makes more sense!

[@scottcheg9]

How did I guess that the governments solution to JSO would be further infringement of the people’s rights, couldn’t just arrest and charge individuals that broke the law, noooo, instead they just opt for tyranny to all.

[@restlesslink]

the stop oil thing is funny because they causing the use of more oil blocking roads

[@jonsnow6741]

Yes they did and should deal with the consequences

[@wormon3626]

Problem with the noise is idiots with pa systems

[@dalemackenzie4320]

9:35 there were women against the suffragette movement not because they didn't want the vote but because they didn't want the various duties that men - who also had the right to vote - had also, so while in hindsight it's incredibly easy to laugh at them, you gotta do a little better than that

[@phillenan2494]

Its sad that people try to give their own twists on so called historical facts, just to make their own dumb point. Meanwhile teaching history wrongly to the masses.

[@hey54088]

I believe in climate change, but I hate those protestors who block roads and cause inconvenience for others. Back in 2022, one of my best friend had climate change protestors blocked Sydney highway when he was rushing to the hospital to see his grandma for one last time and got blocked on the highway for hours and didn’t make it in time. It ruined him, he is not the same man. If you want to get your point heard, don’t do it in a way that everyone in the public will hate you for it.

[@evelynfive5684]

Some people just abusing the protesting.

[@DaveWraptastic]

I've been a vegetarian for 20 years now and I have been completely shitfaced, even had a couple of trips to the hospital and in those moments I still didn't eat meat. It just becomes second nature to you.

[@TheLunaticBrit]

What's funny is, I had to deal with a drunkard POS growing up and there was countless times that she'd go to the fridge and eat half a raw carrot, before drunkenly plodding upstairs to abuse my dad. and that wasn't a one off, she did it multiple times, so drunkards in my experience can go to the fridge see a yogurt and think "That'd go lovely with a raw carrot"

[@itsdavew5766]

Russell's politics are fecking awful as a rule, way too hard left. The Iranian protests are amazing though and that is a cause worth protesting about, at last. JSO remains a cult however, those recently jailed totally deserved to be.

[@scott744]

If they want to stop pollution they should try getting their voices heard in China where masses of global pollution comes from.... not gluing themselves to a road holding up traffic who sit with engines running 10 times longer than needed...

[@ll0013ll]

blocking streets only hurts the cause...

[@classictalkies]

Blocking streets isn’t meant to get you on side. Just say you don’t understand how protest works.

[@dh8203]

@@classictalkies And once they're done with their protest, they'll go back home and sit down for a dinner made from food that spend an extra 7 hours in a refrigerated truck on the highway pumping pollution into the air because some a$$h0le was blocking the road. There are better ways to protest.

[@AmyRose91]

​@classictalkies Why not aim it at the mps who make the laws or the billionaire companies and celebrities who contribute to it way more than the average citizen?

[@arttops2563]

@@classictalkies Well what does it achieve then? Awareness? Sure, if you want everyone to be aware of how much they should dislike your tactics.

[@lizcollinson2692]

What have you done?

[@bobdamano9606]

Did the earth consent?

[@shaneeslick]

4L00 🤔Was Russell getting a Hedgejob?

[@floridamaninthewild]

Making me late for work is never going to help your cause.

[@thoughtlesskills]

Neither is ignoring it and whining like a b*tch. Waaah. Cant get to my wage slavery! Waaaaah

[@thomasenright5282]

Sort of reminds me of a Film called Soylent Green, that's what they are trying to do to us on this earth. Some people love veg only other's like meat.

[@idiotology5568]

Even plants aren't vegan.

[@ChrisCreates11]

3:57 should of said a bush lol

[@isaacwick9522]

He really mentioned black lived matter as a legitimate thing? Lol, founders were two lesbians who ran off with 10s of millions of campaign 'donations'

[@DDougz]

You can blame just stop oil for this, they went too far

[@elvikingobarbaroja]

There's loads of vegan food you can eat if you're pissed. None of it's worth eating though. 😂😂

[@caseyharrington4947]

Mate. Burrito

[@Grethrey123]

From what I’ve read the women protesting against the suffragettes were protesting the part that isn’t often talked about - the right to vote comes with the possibility of being drafted into war, and those women who were against the suffragettes weren’t anti-freedom, they were against going to war. I agree, men and women should have equal rights, but equal rights come with equal responsibilities. The women who were anti-suffragette simply didn’t think the benefits would be worth the costs. Obviously plenty of women aspire to military careers and things so having the vote has definitely helped overall, but it’s not a case of those against the suffragettes simply being silly and wanting less - they didn’t want the very real responsibilities that come with those rights.

[@----.__]

shhh, these melts can't handle the truth. It's far easier for them to take snippets of information and run with it as though they understand the bigger picture. And please don't mention that all men got the right to vote just over a decade before all women, they like to think men always had the right to vote as it fits their narrative better.

[@CityOfTinyLines]

People who glue themselves to motorways are what prisons were invented for. Dunno why that requires new laws though.

[@thoughtlesskills]

Regulating protests is authoritarian af

[@synaesthesia4218]

BLM and thunberg were a good thing? this guy's comedy is awesome.

[@Gparadice]

bro how they laugh even 2nd hit line#

[@India.H]

The company I work for made a deal with Shell Energy company last year. Two protesters came into the entrance way of their London offices and lay down... dressed as oil slicks. Yeah, they were removed pretty quickly and then kept coming back, meaning the office had to close for a couple of days as they worked out how to deal with the nutjobs 🤦‍♀️

[@dbfzato-1327]

9:23 to be fair in suffolk the women do look like that 🤣🤣🤣

[@akitotenkawa1796]

Why are these clips always so old? This is a current events show right?

[@addryanneadamsyn9206]

So what change has been achieved in Iran other than more people losing their lives ?