Richard Madeley badgered Chris Packham about Just Stop Oil and his response was A++
As the Earth quite literally burns in many parts and becomes dangerous to life in several inhabited regions, some in the media are still desperately looking for a way to make climate change protesters the villains of the piece.
On Monday’s Good Morning Britain, naturalist Chris Packham spoke to Richard Madeley on the climate crisis – and the GMB host dredged something up from an unreliable source.
"I want to ask you about the tactics of Just Stop Oil.. I read that you now think their tactics… are counter productive. Is that true?"
Chris Packham: "No" #GMB pic.twitter.com/R4tAlH60SG
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) July 17, 2023
‘A misquote from the Daily Fail’ seems the most likely option, with an extremely liberal interpretation from Alan Partridge Richard Madeley coming a close second.
Tweeters weren’t impressed with the second-rate research – or Madeley’s attitude.
Madeley misquoting Chris Packham and laying into him about #JustStopOil protestors then hands over to a broadcast about Sicily being on fire because of extreme heat. You couldn’t make this up 🙄 #DontLookUp pic.twitter.com/gSZYEigkx8
— Teri ☘️💚💙♿️ (@mettlesome_teri) July 17, 2023
Chris Packham articulate as ever on the climate crisis. Richard Madeley just a blustering fool. https://t.co/VFxU73O2LR
— Becks Holland (@beckholland) July 18, 2023
Chris Packham bossing it – if only half our politicians had his guts.
— coalvilledave (@coalvilledave) July 17, 2023
Nothing to see here 👀 pic.twitter.com/skxBiJwUGf
— Teri ☘️💚💙♿️ (@mettlesome_teri) July 17, 2023
@ChrisGPackham dealt with this brilliantly. Didn't get infuriated by Richard Madeley which is hard work and made all his points politely and clearly.
— john robb (@johnrobb77) July 17, 2023
Amazing response from Chris Packham and important to note how climate protests actually work from the evidence he has collected. https://t.co/7QWmuhfu7l
— lucy siegle (@lucysiegle) July 17, 2023
This & the thick-as-shit comments under a post about the hottest day on record have made me decide that I think we should we should up our oil usage, make a few people even richer and bring on the death & destruction of humankind even quicker because we don't deserve to be saved. https://t.co/6XnU5qyK2Q
— Lotty Earns (@lottyburns) July 17, 2023
In not-unrelated news, here’s Monday’s GMB weather forecast.
Are we about to have the hottest day in Europe ever? 🥵@Lauratobin1 explains pic.twitter.com/ObpgxR0FYp
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) July 17, 2023
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People love Chris Packham after he took time out to respond to this unlikely confession
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