A group of people from Insulate Britain have attended the Royal Courts of Justice this morning, where a hearing concerning the M25 injunction is being held.
The hearing relates to the injunction granted to the Highways Authority on 22nd September which prohibited Insulate Britain from blocking the M25 and the Port of Dover. The original injunction was granted in the absence of representatives from Insulate Britain, who now have a right to apply for a variation in the terms of the injunction or to argue that it should not have been granted. Insulate Britain does not intend to contest the injunction.
Insulate Britain has caused disruption on the roads eleven times over the past three weeks. Insulate Britain says actions will continue until the government makes a meaningful statement indicating that they will insulate all of Britain’s 29 million homes by 2030, which are among the oldest and leakiest in Europe. [1]
Insulate Britain spokesperson Liam Norton, speaking outside the Royal Courts today said:
“Insulate Britain wishes to profoundly apologise for the disruption caused over the past three weeks. We cannot imagine undertaking such acts in normal circumstances. But we believe that the reality of our situation has to be faced.
“The facts are laid out by Sir David King, the former chief scientific advisor to the UK government, he said “We have to move quickly. What we do, I believe, in the next three to four years will determine the future of humanity”.
“The collapse of the climate is happening around us. We face economic chaos and the breakdown of law and order in a matter of years. We will lose our incomes, pensions, and savings while passing on an unwanted legacy to our children. They will be rightly furious. Around the world thousands of millions of people will lose their lives through slaughter and starvation as society collapses.
“Here in front of the Royal Courts of Justice, we plead with our government to demonstrate leadership. We ask the Prime Minister to make the statement the country wants to hear – that our government will live up to its responsibilities to protect us, to defend law and order. That our government will take the lead needed to insulate and retrofit our homes. That it will ‘get on with the job’ so families can feed their children and keep their homes warm. So we can be secure in the knowledge that our government did everything it could to protect and defend our country.
“As soon as we have a meaningful statement we can trust, we will call off the campaign. That is all we ask.
“But, if our government believes that our acts are outrageous and illegal, that there is no right of necessity to cause disruption, to prevent the far greater destruction of our economy and way of life, then it has a duty to act decisively.
“Take us to court, charge us, and put us in prison. We are more fearful of the loss of our country than we are of the courts. Throw injunctions at us, but we are going nowhere, there is nowhere to go.”
