‘P*** people off’: Greta Thunberg tells Andrew Marr ‘you need to anger people’ in climate protests
‘You need to p*** people off’: Greta Thunberg tells Andrew Marr ‘you need to anger people’ in environmental protests ahead of demo through Glasgow during Cop26
Greta Thunberg, 18, said climate protests work better if you ‘p*** people off’The Swedish environment activist told Andrew Marr ‘you need to anger people’ Her comments come after Insulate Britain have wreaked havoc for two months
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Climate change activist Greta Thunberg said you need to ‘p*** people off’ and anger them as she defended the recent tactics used by eco-protestors that have paralysed roads in Britain.
During an interview with the BBC’s Andrew Marr, the 18-year-old, who arrived in Glasgow today for the start of the Cop26 summit, described how it was at times necessary to anger people ‘as long as no one gets hurt’.
Her comments come just days after Insulate Britain activists boasted that they had caused ‘major disruption on the M25 in several locations, by walking on the motorway’ towards on-coming traffic.
When asked about the recent climate demonstrations in the UK, Ms Thunberg said: ‘To make clear, as long as no-one gets hurt… then I think sometimes you need to anger some people.
Greta Thunberg, 18, told Andrew Marr: ‘As long as no-one gets hurt… then I think sometimes you need to anger some people
‘Like, for instance, the school strike movement would never have become so big if there wasn’t friction, if some people didn’t get p***** off.’
Speaking before the crunch talks on Monday, Ms Thunberg said she believed it was ‘possible in theory’ to keep global warming below 1.5C, but added: ‘It’s up to us if we want that to happen.’
She added people in countries like the UK, where protest is allowed, have more responsibility to do so.
Explaining that she tries to speak to activists in countries like China where people do not have the same rights, she told Marr: ‘It makes you just feel so grateful that we are actually able to protest and that just puts more responsibility on us who actually have the right to protest, to use that right.
‘Not just for our sake but for everyone’s sake, especially for their sake to help them as well.’
The Swedish climate activist added: ‘The school strike movement would never have become so big if there wasn’t friction, if some people didn’t get p***** off’
Ms Thunberg said she has not officially been invited to speak at the summit. The climate icon managed to find time for a smile as she spoke about the fate of the planet
Ms Thunberg said she believes it is ‘possible in theory’ to keep global warming below 1.5C, but added: ‘It’s up to us if we want that to happen’
Britons, her fellow Swedes and people in other countries with clear rights to protest have ‘more responsibility’ to demonstrate on climate change, she said
The youngster came to Glasgow for Cop26. She put her thumb up to crowds in Glasgow station after getting off a train from London Euston. She had to be escorted out by police as she was mobbed on arrival
Insulate Britain have caused chaos for motorists for two months, infuriating drivers by blocking motorways and gluing themselves to roads
Even though activists face harsher sentences for causing travel disruption the eco zealots continue to plague British roads in an attempt to get the Government to pay for insulation in all council housing by 2025
Extinction Rebellion climate protesters took to the streets of Edinburgh on Sunday as the Cop26 climate conference started in Glasgow. Event Organisers expect up to 100,000 people at a major demonstration on Friday that will require a heavy police presence
Asked about the Queen’s comments earlier this month when the monarch appeared to suggest she is irritated by a lack of action in tackling the climate crisis, Ms Thunberg said she thinks most people would agree.
In a clip during a trip to Cardiff in which she appeared to be talking about the Cop26 conference, the Queen could be heard to say it is ‘irritating’ when ‘they talk, but they don’t do’.
Ms Thunberg told Marr: ‘Yeah, I think most people agree with that.’
Asked if hearing the views of leaders such as the Pope makes a difference, she said: ‘I think when people like that speak up, I think it does make a real difference, when they are bold enough.
‘Of course, many people just do it because it makes them popular, it makes them sound good. But, of course, then I’m sure that there are many people who actually do it because they care as well.’
During the interview, broadcast on Sunday, Ms Thunberg said when countries show a ‘pattern’ of policies in which they avoid taking ‘real action’ it shows that the climate is not their main priority.
The formal opening ceremony at Cop26 climate conference took place on Sunday in Glasgow
She was asked about the UK’s position on leading on climate change in the wake of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s recent announcement that there would be a 50% cut in air passenger duty (APD) for domestic flights.
She told Marr: ‘Of course we can’t talk about this in, like, one single policy and so on. But when you see a pattern of these policies, that all the time are avoiding taking real action, then I think you can draw conclusions from that pattern.
‘That climate action is not really our main priority right now.’
More than 100 world leaders are attending the 26th installment of the conference to discuss climate change
While she criticised China for being ‘out of touch’ in still building coal power plants, she warned that there will always be other countries to blame for not doing enough and urged the world to work together.
She said: ‘It’s more important that we need to work together internationally and globally to make sure that everyone does this transition, not the least pushing China who are still building coal power plants which today is quite out of touch with reality if you ask me.’
Striking a hopeful note, she added: ‘We can always prevent things from getting worse. It’s never too late to do as much as we can.’
Asked if she would consider running for elected office in Sweden, the 18-year-old said she had ‘thought of the possibility’ but added: ‘No, at least not right now.’
