Dale Vince: Major Labour donor to stop funding Just Stop Oil
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Businessman Dale Vince says the group's tactics have become "counterproductive" for the green cause.
  • butterypowered
    112·
    1 year ago

    Mr Vince, a major Labour donor, said further action was “pointless” because the government had shown it would drill for oil “come what may”.

    God that’s depressing.

    Further disruption, he added, would help “feed the Tories’ culture-war narrative”.

    Fair point but still depressing.

    Instead, he said, he would divert funding to the anti-Conservative vote.

    So no longer specific to halting oil production at all then. Sigh.

    • Rogue
      6·
      1 year ago

      From the quotes you’ve selected it sounds like funding just stop oil is entirely pointless into the Tories are out of power. Hence refocusing funding towards that goal?

      • butterypowered
        3·
        1 year ago

        Yeah. I had selected those quotes because they highlight what a shit situation we’re in. I get the logic; it’s just depressing that the logic is sound.

        However, it remains to be seen how Labour will react to Just Stop Oil. I think they’ll be less blunt but will pretty much treat them the same way. Hopefully I’m wrong.