Wednesday, 5 October 2022

"The trouble with ‘bourgeois’ environmentalism” | Spectator

Extinction Rebellion guy shows he cares
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The left needs to shake off its ‘bourgeois environmentalism’. It needs to distance itself from the ‘bourgeois environmental lobby’ and make the case for fracking and the building of new nuclear power stations.
Who do you think said this? Some contrarian commentator? A right-winger irritated by eco-loons? Nope, it was Gary Smith, the general secretary of the GMB trade union. [More...]