As the Conservative government prepares to host the COP26 climate summit, famous environmental campaigner and co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, Roger Hallam, has a message he wants people to hear: his movement is not just for woke students and the radical Left.
In an eye-opening interview, he tells Freddie Sayers about the importance of the nation-state, social conservatism, local community, and how he wants church leaders and ex-police officers in his movement. His pitch, in short, is that philosophical conservatives should not be afraid to embrace radical environmentalism:
On the ideological diversity of the XR membership:
On the failings of the ‘Davos elite’:
On why nationalism is the best approach:
On the moral law:
On the tactics of Extinction Rebellion:
On the media portrayal of the movement:
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