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The Now Show - 11th November

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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Just Stop Oil Protests Aren't Helping the Climate Crisis

The focus of environmental protests has been on hypocrisy. Politicians are all talk and no action, it's become a cliché to attack world leaders for flying private jets to climate conferences. But with recent actions of groups like Just Stop Oil, the charge of hypocrisy is now being levelled at ordinary citizens. I'm actually quite comfortable being called hypocrite, mainly because I don't have any beliefs. I have opinions, but they all contradict each other. Like I really do think the climate crisis is urgent. We need to stop using petrol vehicles. As soon as possible, stop driving, stop flying. We have to transition to electric vehicles. If I was Prime Minister, I'd pay bus drivers

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