Bagpiper annoying Insulate Britain protesters

[Bayern Bru]

Don’t know if anyone’s seen the video of the bagpiping motorist attempting to annoy the Insulate Britain protesters earlier today but he’s wearing Hibs shorts from a few seasons back.

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Video here: https://twitter.com/IvorBennett/status/1453283959798968326

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[CentreLine]

That is utterly brilliant and I hope he is a Hibs.net user. More power to his lungs and I hope he played off key as well 🤣

I have to say I feel the polis overstepped the mark pulling the chanter from his mouth. He’s as entitled to be there as the protesters but polis seem to want nothing to upset them 🤨

[JohnMcM]

Well done! :thumbsup:

[Lago]

Great stuff

[Bristolhibby]

Can hurting someone’s ears by playing loud bagpipes right into their ears be classed as assault?

Like spraying an air horn into someone’s ears maliciously.

I could see both scenarios be classed as assault.

Also, when did we all turn our backs on the right to peaceful protest?

Much has been won in history with peaceful protest. Suffragets and Civil Rights in the US spring to mind.

J

[MWHIBBIES]

He's wearing shorts in October, maybe global warming is real.

[Pretty Boy]

What a tit. Hibs fan or otherwise.

[Greenbeard]

Sounds like a sheep to me. Him, no the pipes. All the more kudos to the boy if he's a Hibbie from sheep territory.

[JimBHibees]

Where did this happen? The Hibs shorts are very random.

[Pinkie]

Can hurting someone’s ears by playing loud bagpipes right into their ears be classed as assault?

J

Probably. I knew an animal rights campaigner briefly many years ago who had been charged with an offence (maybe assault but I can’t remember) after she shouted through a megaphone into the ear of a lady wearing a fur coat.

[Since452]

Serves the idots right for blocking hundreds of motorists

[Bayern Bru]

Where did this happen? The Hibs shorts are very random.

Think it’s the M25 slip road - saw Dartford crossing mentioned in another tweet


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[jacomo]

Serves the idots right for blocking hundreds of motorists


No one should have higher priority than the hard pressed motorist, eh?

[hibsbollah]

No one should have higher priority than the hard pressed motorist, eh?

Man made climate change serves the Polar bears right, never liked them. I’d bagpipe right in their stupid penguin munching faces.

[Since452]

No one should have higher priority than the hard pressed motorist, eh?

If there are ambulances stuck then no

[Peevemor]

He's wearing shorts in October, maybe global warming is real.If he'd been practicing somewhere it's not all that unusual to wear shorts as you can get pretty sweaty.

If he was playing somewhere in a kilt, it's not unusual to change for driving/travelling as it's more comfortable & doesn't knacker your pleats.

[hibsbollah]

If there are ambulances stuck then no

Ambulances are regularly stuck in horrendous traffic, which can and does result in unnecessary death, which I suppose might be one of the point of the protests? Such instances generally aren’t used as a political weapon by the media though…

[Pretty Boy]

No one should have higher priority than the hard pressed motorist, eh?

Yep **** our children and grandchildren. I was inconvencied for a couple of hours one morning.

Wars caused by scarcity of resources, drought, famine and death are a small price to pay for the right to be on time.

[Since452]

Ambulances are regularly stuck in horrendous traffic, which can and does result in unnecessary death, which I suppose might be one of the point of the protests? Such instances generally aren’t used as a political weapon by the media though…

Ambulances that wouldn't be stuck if it wasn't for the protestors though. Or folk trying to make their way to work to make a living stuck for hours. All for protesting but that is taking it too far.

[Moulin Yarns]

Man made climate change serves the Polar bears right, never liked them. I’d bagpipe right in their stupid penguin munching faces.

Uh oh!!

They are poles apart 😁

[One Day Soon]

What a tit. Hibs fan or otherwise.


:agree: He's a tool and so are the protestors.

[hibsbollah]

Uh oh!!

They are poles apart 😁

:doh:

:faf:
I wonder what the chances are of me pretending that was a deliberate mistake?
(Note to self-chances now very slim)

[Keith_M]

If he'd been practicing somewhere it's not all that unusual to wear shorts as you can get pretty sweaty.

If he was playing somewhere in a kilt, it's not unusual to change for driving/travelling as it's more comfortable & doesn't knacker your pleats.


Ouch!!

[JohnMcM]

Uh oh!!

They are poles apart 😁

I tip my hat to your humorous genius in that post.

[Eyrie]

Serves the idots right for blocking hundreds of motorists

It's not the fact that they're blocking traffic, it's the fact that they're pissing off everyone who is either held up by them or is worried about being held up by them that is the problem.

By causing that aggravation they're actually harming a very sensible cause. For example, why isn't it mandatory that all new build houses meet the highest energy standards? Much cheaper than trying to retrofit existing buildings.

[Smartie]

:doh:

:faf:
I wonder what the chances are of me pretending that was a deliberate mistake?
(Note to self-chances now very slim)

This is where the ability to brazen it out "growing concrete" style comes in handy.

[Moulin Yarns]

I tip my hat to your humorous genius in that post.

👍

[Keith_M]

I've seen Polar Bears and Penguins only a few metres apart.


Admittedly, it was in the Zoo, and none of them were Polish.....

[Moulin Yarns]

I've seen Polar Bears and Penguins only a few metres apart.


Admittedly, it was in the Zoo, and none of them were Polish.....
A bit difficult to polish, one has fur and the other has a foil wrapper. 😉

[The dalmeny]

A bit difficult to polish, one has fur and the other has a foil wrapper. 😉

One is easier to pick up than the other

[Keith_M]

One is easier to pick up than the other


Yep, I've always found Polish burds are unable to resit my charm!

:wink:

[Green Reaper]

Don’t like polar bears, in fact I don’t like anything associated with The Rangers

[hibsbollah]

This is where the ability to brazen it out "growing concrete" style comes in handy.

Great, I am now scenario planning around being Mike Graham. It’s almost too much to bear :boo hoo:

[Northernhibee]

What a tit. Hibs fan or otherwise.

Yep.

[Keith_M]

I'm sure you also get Red Foxes hanging about with Polar Bears.


At least, you did in the adverts

[Eyrie]

Don’t like polar bears, in fact I don’t like anything associated with The Rangers

I've liked polar bears ever since 2016.

[Bostonhibby]

One is easier to pick up than the otherHave you ever tried eating a polar bear though?[emoji6]

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[essexhibee]

Can confirm this was not me!

[wookie70]

It's not the fact that they're blocking traffic, it's the fact that they're pissing off everyone who is either held up by them or is worried about being held up by them that is the problem.

By causing that aggravation they're actually harming a very sensible cause. For example, why isn't it mandatory that all new build houses meet the highest energy standards? Much cheaper than trying to retrofit existing buildings.No one was talking about it before the protests.Not many white van men got a crush on Greta

[The Pointer]

There's 'peaceful protest' and there's ****ing everyone else's lives up. Delighted he did this and possibly a start to resisting the nutcases who think they can just get away with anything.

[The Pointer]

It's not the fact that they're blocking traffic, it's the fact that they're pissing off everyone who is either held up by them or is worried about being held up by them that is the problem.

By causing that aggravation they're actually harming a very sensible cause. For example, why isn't it mandatory that all new build houses meet the highest energy standards? Much cheaper than trying to retrofit existing buildings.


All new houses do have to meet extremely high standards of energy efficiency. They're just nutters.

[hibsbollah]

All new houses do have to meet extremely high standards of energy efficiency. They're just nutters.

The campaign is about old houses. The U.K. has some of the oldest stock in Europe. The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) 2018 report, Scaling Up Retro fit 2050, advises that nearly every home in the UK needs to be upgraded with energy efficiency measures.

[Moulin Yarns]

The campaign is about old houses. The U.K. has some of the oldest stock in Europe. The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) 2018 report, Scaling Up Retro fit 2050, advises that nearly every home in the UK needs to be upgraded with energy efficiency measures.

I'm all for low carbon living but how do you retrofit insulation to a 200 year old stone property without ruining the look or severely reducing the size of the rooms?

[Pretty Boy]

I'm all for low carbon living but how do you retrofit insulation to a 200 year old stone property without ruining the look or severely reducing the size of the rooms?

You tell the owner the alternative is the extinction of the human species so how their house looks or what size it is is wholly irrelevant?

[Moulin Yarns]

You tell the owner the alternative is the extinction of the human species so how their house looks or what size it is is wholly irrelevant?

Try telling that to the planning department.

Let's stick external insulation on the new town houses and the Royal Mile.

[The Pointer]

I
The campaign is about old houses. The U.K. has some of the oldest stock in Europe. The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) 2018 report, Scaling Up Retro fit 2050, advises that nearly every home in the UK needs to be upgraded with energy efficiency measures.

I was responding to @eyrie's point about new houses.

You're correct about old housing stock but that's up to the individual property owners who are unlikely to be swayed by the IB people. My own pile needs to be brought up to modern standards so I know how much the costs are and they are substantial.

Anyway, the thread was about the boy's Hibs shorts! https://www.hibs.net/image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhDwAPANEAAP///729vVn/yAAAACH/C05FVFNDQVBFMi4wAwEAAAAh/sFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnJ0bHNvZnQuY29tL2FuaW1hZ2ljLwoKQ3J lYXRlZCB3aXRoIEFuaW1hZ2ljIEdJRiBWIDEuMjEKYnkgUmlna HQgdG8gTGVmdCBTb2Z0d2FyZSBJbmMuCgpUbyBzdXBwcmVzcyB 0aGlzIG1lc3NhZ2UgaW4gdGhlIHJlZ2lzdGVyZWQgdmVyc2lvb gp1bmNoZWNrICJPcHRpb25zIHwgQW5pbWFnaWMgY29tbWVudCB mcmFtZSIKACH5BAkeAAEALAAAAAAPAA8AAAI6jD2Zx5EC4WIjW nmqeFIPtElh GnX SiqulUDALyw7LozHM/tdveuw5PlfsAWjvMBtRQYiqnTyKgaBQAh QQJHgABACwAAAAADwAPAAACOYw9mceRAuFiI1p5qnhbbtSF3OB cplQpqrqlADC88Ju6M023G86nZRzD Uot2SiDUmAomsik4VA1CgAh QQJHgABACwAAAAADwAPAAACOow9mceRAuFiI1p5qnhSD7RJYfh p1/koqrpVAwC8sOy6MxzP7Xb3rsOT5X7AFo7zAbUUGIqp08ioGgUA IfkECR4AAQAsAAAAAA8ADwAAAjqMPZnHkQLhYkM8WcfJ0nbtRK KoVeNpZcqqpBYADHAMqy9d166M41ko49F odTsAiqyJI1LZNJwrBoFACH5BAkeAAEALAAAAAAPAA8AAAI6jD 2Zx5EC4WIjWnmqeFIPtElh GnX SiqulUDALyw7LozHM/tdveuw5PlfsAWjvMBtRQYiqnTyKgaBQAh QQJHgABACwAAAAADwAPAAACOow9mceRAuFiQzxZx8nSdu1Eoqh V42llyqqkFgAMcAyrL13XrozjWSjj0X6h1OwCKrIkjUtk0nCsG gUAIfkECR4AAQAsAAAAAA8ADwAAAjqMPZnHkQLhYiNaeap4Ug 0SWH4adf5KKq6VQMAvLDsujMcz 12967Dk V wBaO8wG1FBiKqdPIqBoFADs=

[Ozyhibby]

More power to the protesters as far as I’m concerned. So long as we keep voting for people who are turning a blind eye to climate change then I think more direct action is necessary. Fair play to them. And **** the bagpiper as well.


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[Pretty Boy]

Try telling that to the planning department.

Let's stick external insulation on the new town houses and the Royal Mile.

Fine by me.

I'm an Edinburgh resident, not a tourist.

[Kato]

Fine by me.

I'm an Edinburgh resident, not a tourist.There are residents in the new town who find the sight of wheelie bins an abhorrence. Probably old, retired-embezzler, mbe recipient gadgies. They'll never give up their range rovery style cars and the very idea that their houses even need insulated would be seen as pure communism.


I like your answer a lot but good luck changing the mindset of the entitled.

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[hibby rae]

More power to the protesters as far as I’m concerned. So long as we keep voting for people who are turning a blind eye to climate change then I think more direct action is necessary. Fair play to them. And **** the bagpiper as well.


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Couldn't agree more. We need action and if some folk are inconvenienced, well that's nothing compared to the road we are heading down. Just a shame so many folk buy the crap from some politicians and some media that they are are the bigger problem.

Also, the bagpiper is an *rsehole.

[lord bunberry]

Yep **** our children and grandchildren. I was inconvencied for a couple of hours one morning.

Wars caused by scarcity of resources, drought, famine and death are a small price to pay for the right to be on time.
Hyperbole much. :rolleyes:. Everything he said was right, they’re harming the cause they’re supposedly fighting for. I’m sure our children and grandchildren will be thankful for our actions if they’re effective.

[lord bunberry]

More power to the protesters as far as I’m concerned. So long as we keep voting for people who are turning a blind eye to climate change then I think more direct action is necessary. Fair play to them. And **** the bagpiper as well.


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They’re protesting to have all homes insulated, I got my house and loft insulated for nothing a few years ago, surely these protesters are late to the party.

[Pretty Boy]

Hyperbole much. :rolleyes:. Everything he said was right, they’re harming the cause they’re supposedly fighting for. I’m sure our children and grandchildren will be thankful for our actions if they’re effective.

So what is the answer?

Any kind of civil disobedience, be it mass protests, occupying public buildings or national strikes inconvencies someone. If that turns individuals against a cause that is bigger than all of us then we may as well just give up now.

I actually think people underestimate how critical and pressing this is. It's not something that is a century or more down the line anymore. Everything I've mentioned in the 2nd paragraph of my quoted post will happen and in most cases is already happening.

The latest UN climate report was clear. We are less than a decade away from the point of no return. I think Insulate Britain are about more than their name suggests and people should be able to see that wider picture. In recent days the Govt have announced a scheme to move people away from gas boilers, the funding in place covers 90K homes on an island with almost 70M inhabitants. They have also reduced the costs of flying as a sop to big businesses. Neither policy screams that they are serious about tackling climate change.

[Alfiembra]

One is easier to pick up than the other

These puns get my seal of approval :not worth

[lapsedhibee]

Neither policy screams that they are serious about tackling climate change.
"Green crap" (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2510936/Cut-green-c-p-Camerons-private-view-energy-taxation-horrify-environmental-campaigners.html)

[Kato]

"Green crap" (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2510936/Cut-green-c-p-Camerons-private-view-energy-taxation-horrify-environmental-campaigners.html)Oooh, remember them, Cameron and Clegg and all their pledges and "in it together" stuff. They seemed nice, I wonder what they are doing now?

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[Keith_M]

These puns get my seal of approval :not worth


Don't bring Seals into this, it's confusing enough as it is.

[oldbutdim]

Don't bring Seals into this, it's confusing enough as it is.

I once blew a seal.

[Moulin Yarns]

I once blew a seal.

A gasket? Or are you confessing? 😉

[lord bunberry]

So what is the answer?

Any kind of civil disobedience, be it mass protests, occupying public buildings or national strikes inconvencies someone. If that turns individuals against a cause that is bigger than all of us then we may as well just give up now.

I actually think people underestimate how critical and pressing this is. It's not something that is a century or more down the line anymore. Everything I've mentioned in the 2nd paragraph of my quoted post will happen and in most cases is already happening.

The latest UN climate report was clear. We are less than a decade away from the point of no return. I think Insulate Britain are about more than their name suggests and people should be able to see that wider picture. In recent days the Govt have announced a scheme to move people away from gas boilers, the funding in place covers 90K homes on an island with almost 70M inhabitants. They have also reduced the costs of flying as a sop to big businesses. Neither policy screams that they are serious about tackling climate change.
It has to be government that’s inconvenienced. Mass demonstrations are also a good way of pressuring the government.

[MartinfaePorty]

I'm all for low carbon living but how do you retrofit insulation to a 200 year old stone property without ruining the look or severely reducing the size of the rooms?

My house was built in 1865 and we were lucky enough to get free paneling put in on top of our external-facing internal walls, as part of some public-funded energy scheme that was happening a couple of years ago. It meant a slight reduction in the size of rooms, but not noticeable. Can't say for definite if it's made the rooms warmer, but I think it probably has.

[Just Alf]

Those saying the piper should maybe be charged for causing harm to someone, could the same not be said for physically stopping an ambulance with dying patient inside which could end up leading to their death? (Sure there was something about this in the news)

Thing is, I 100% agree with the IB sentiment but I don't think impacting 1000's of innocent people and causing lots of additional greenhouse gas emissions is the best way forward.

[The Modfather]

I once blew a seal.

A kiss from a rose

[CropleyWasGod]

I once blew a seal.

Probably safer than Moby Dick.

[Bristolhibby]

Those saying the piper should maybe be charged for causing harm to someone, could the same not be said for physically stopping an ambulance with dying patient inside which could end up leading to their death? (Sure there was something about this in the news)

Thing is, I 100% agree with the IB sentiment but I don't think impacting 1000's of innocent people and causing lots of additional greenhouse gas emissions is the best way forward.

Would you charge someone who was in a car crash?

A lorry that shed its load?

I hear this ambulance thing all the time. Did anyone actually die? Did ambulances get stuck?

Or is this just a right of arc reaction to being inconvienced?

Incidentally my mates Dad had a heart attack and the thing preventing the ambulance using the most direct route to hospital was the speed bumps and other traffic calming measures that had just come in. Now nobody bats an eyelid at them.

Being passive does not work as you get ignored. Inconvenience is the only way to make politicians act. Whether that’s work to rule, teachers and nurses striking, passive resistance, etc.

J

[Ozyhibby]

Would you charge someone who was in a car crash?

A lorry that shed its load?

I hear this ambulance thing all the time. Did anyone actually die? Did ambulances get stuck?

Or is this just a right of arc reaction to being inconvienced?

Incidentally my mates Dad had a heart attack and the thing preventing the ambulance using the most direct route to hospital was the speed bumps and other traffic calming measures that had just come in. Now nobody bats an eyelid at them.

Being passive does not work as you get ignored. Inconvenience is the only way to make politicians act. Whether that’s work to rule, teachers and nurses striking, passive resistance, etc.

J

It’s now a rule that if environmentalists block a road, there has to be an ambulance that was held up with a critical patient in the back.[emoji849]


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[Keith_M]

I once blew a seal.


:dunno:


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[Hibrandenburg]

I once blew a seal.

Did it return the favour?

[hibsbollah]

Did it return the favour?

:agree: In the back of an ambulance on the M25.

[Moulin Yarns]

:agree: In the back of an ambulance stuck on the m25.

ftfy 😉

[Peevemor]

Clare Grogan once blew my pipes (true story!).

[Kato]

Clare Grogan once blew my pipes (true story!).I bet you've droned on about that one. Did you get a bag-off?

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[Peevemor]

I bet you've droned on about that one. Did you get a bag-off?


My wife would have kilt me!

[Keith_M]

:agree: In the back of an ambulance on the M25.


You'd have loads of time to enjoy it, what with the traffic jams.

[AFKA5814_Hibs]

If they didn't like the noise they could always have moved. :greengrin

The protesters are simply getting on the nerves of people trying to get on with their everyday business. There's no doubt it'll start to turn violent if they continue. Patience can only last so long.

[hibsbollah]

If they didn't like the noise they could always have moved. :greengrin

The protesters are simply getting on the nerves of people trying to get on with their everyday business. There's no doubt it'll start to turn violent if they continue. Patience can only last so long.

You’re half right, because violence has already started, cars being driven at protestors, the old dude getting inked. And it’s not surprising at all, because of the media coverage, which is blanket brutal abuse of the campaign and virtual incitement. Insulate Britain get the kind of coverage reserved for paedophiles, Corbyn and anything French.

[wookie70]

Oooh, remember them, Cameron and Clegg and all their pledges and "in it together" stuff. They seemed nice, I wonder what they are doing now?

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Clegg appears to be making millions from encouraging a Big Brother style virtual life.

[Hibrandenburg]

I bet you've droned on about that one. Did you get a bag-off?

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I hate having to reed all these terrible puns.

[Kato]

I hate having to reed all these terrible puns.Squeek!

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