7 weeks of rain and 5 years in prison
Five years ago, we published an article about Roger Hallam in this blog. He is the founder of XTinction Rebellion and an activist with Stop Oil.
Interestingly, these groups are/were funded with money from oil heirs. Already in 2019 we had many doubts about Hallam’s “story” – it was simply too implausible.
No, you don’t have to trawl through meteorological data from Wales to find such a summer rain period. At least not in the last 10 – 15 years. Small spoiler: It did not exist!
However, the perception of Extinction Rebellion (XR) cult founder Roger Hallam is completely different. In an interview in Spiegel, he talks about his apparently traumatic experience with the 7 weeks of rain in Wales that destroyed his carrot crop. The fact that the interviewer did not notice some inconsistencies in Hallam’s statements does not exactly speak in his favor. But that’s the way it is with human perception.
Hallam described himself as a small farmer, yet, at the same time, 25 jobs had been lost due to the verifiably non-existent rainy season. The XR founder also was not entirely familiar with the year of his personal tragedy. In the interview, he states that ’10 – 15 years ago’ he also lost several hundred thousand pounds.
Let’s imagine that losing so much money puts your own existence at risk. Would we later no longer be able to name the exact year? Even the amount of his loss (‘several hundred thousand pounds’) did not arouse any skepticism with the interviewer. According to Ökolandbau.de, the profit contribution in carrot cultivation is the equivalent to 6,300 pounds per hectare. In terms of profit, this amounts to 2,100 pounds per hectare. So for every hundred thousand pound loss, Hallam would have had to cultivate almost 16 hectares (50 hectares). With carrots only, mind you.”
Extinction Rebellion XR has been somewhat quiet. In Germany, the “Last Generation” took over the actions, in the United Kingdom Stop Oil. These actions included smearing art and blocking roads.
5 years in prison
The verdict was recently handed down and Hallam was hit hard. He can now spend five years in prison thinking about whether these protests were worthwhile.
Hallam had repeatedly failed to comply with court orders. And of course, in his opinion, the system is corrupt. BBC:
Hallam said in a statement during the trial: ‘The corruption of our judges by the carbon state has crossed a line in the sand. This is an opportunity, and an obligation, to act. We only have a limited amount of time to halt the unimaginable horrors of climate and social collapse – and to save our democracy.’ The law of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance, which was introduced in 2022, outlaws direct action that causes ‘serious harm’ to a section of the public. This can include property damage, injury, serious distress, annoyance or inconvenience. In April 2023, Morgan Trowland, who scaled the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, was jailed for three years for an offence under the new legislation. The judge in the M25 case argued that Parliament had made clear it saw non-violent direct action against national infrastructure as serious and passed a law allowing him to hand down sentences of up to 10 years – more than for some violent offences.”
Justice done.
Might want to check this out.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/prisoners-to-be-released-after-serving-40-of-sentence-to-alleviate-overcrowding/ar-BB1pRUrK?ocid=BingNewsVerp