Left Foot Forward’s Rupert Read has a letter in today’s Guardian. Rupert suggests that “Copenhagen cannot end the climate crisis … A pretence of effective action is worse than no action at all.” We publish the letter here in full:test
Cllr Rupert Read (@RupertRead) has joined Left Foot Forward as a new writer on environmental and social policy. We are very pleased to welcome Rupert who is one of 20 Green Party Councillors in Norwich. Rupert is also a Reader in Philosophytest
XR activists are urging the leaders meeting at Carbis Bay in Cornwall to act ‘immediately’ to address the climate and ecological emergency.
Jonathan Bartley and Siân Berry will serve a second joint term, following a long and often heated contest.
There’s contests for leader, deputy leader and other positions on the party’s executive.
The Greens will let members vote on who goes to the Lords.
Extinction Rebellion activists will be ramping up the pressure on parties.
But the nature of organising in XR meant that ‘autonomous’ groups could go ahead and do it anyway. Cue public backlash.
“We have a government that is criminally neglecting to tackle the huge problem of aviation.”
At least six arrests have been made at the ‘Extinction Rebellion’ demonstration, Left Foot Forward has learnt.
