Hopes for a quiet Monday over at Labour HQ on Blackfriars Road went up in smoke this morning as the eco-army arrived to call for Keir to cancel new fossil fuel licenses. This follows the debut of their “Keir Thatcher” character at Parliament Square on Saturday…

Along with the usual banners, chains, and beards, the XR protestors poured fake oil over the front steps and set off smoke grenades after climbing the portico. Releasing toxic particulate matter into the atmosphere…

Smoke bombs contain toxic arsenic, potassium, chlorine, and copper along with the particulates that are central to the global warming theory. The eco-loons’ repeated use of dangerous smoke grenades tells us they’re happy for puppies to die and the sun to blot out as long as they get the attention they want. Despite any sadness Keir might feel for Extinction Rebellion’s blatant disregard for the environment, Guido is sure that the Labour leader is happy to take the flack. XR’s anger is always a vote-winner…

Guido couldn’t help noticing a familiar face on Channel 4‘s onshore wind segment aired earlier this week. The video above shows Dr. Ben Kenward, introduced only as a “Senior Lecturer” at Oxford Brookes University, insisting the government is “simply not acting according to the public will” unless they “strip back the layers of extra difficulty” to building wind turbines in the UK. The segment introduces him merely as a “critic” of the government’s current plans…

Just one small fact that Channel 4 breezed over here. Kenward isn’t just a critic: he’s a full-blown Extinction Rebellion activist who was even arrested at a protest back in 2019. The fact Kenward is still tilting at windmills this week isn’t so surprising when he’s used to yelling about the climate disaster as he’s escorted to a police van. Maybe Channel 4 were confused by the new moustache and hair combo. As always, Kenward is entitled to his views and Channel 4 is equally entitled to air them, though viewers have a right to know his activist credentials…

Jacob Rees-Mogg took an interruption to his speech at today’s National Conservatism Conference in his stride, using it to profess his support for free speech. Jacob responded with good poise to his heckler, who could be heard rambling about the characteristics of fascism, before adding:

“Well there we go our jolly good fellow has had to leave, but we believe in freedom of speech. So he can have his national loony conference next week, and he can see how many people he gets to come along.”

Jacob wasn’t wrong to point to his disruptor’s “loony” characteristics. Unsurprisingly, he’s also a member of Extinction Rebellion.

Dirk Campbell is a prolific eco-activist and musician, of prog rock band heritage, with credits for films and television. He’s also got form for criticising Rees-Mogg, having done so in his most recent tweet. Unfortunately for the Prime Minister, Jacob’s sympathetic response didn’t extend to the Sunak’s U-turn on the scrapping of EU regulations. Jacob went on to label the government’s Brexit plan “pathetically under-ambitious”.

Just Stop Oil protesters are throwing their toys out of the pram this morning after the police actually – finally – did their job. The footage above shows Metropolitan Police officers dragging the protesters off the road outside Parliament, citing a Section 12 notice as cause to stop the lunatics blocking traffic. A welcome turn, although why hasn’t this happened sooner? Met Chief Sir Mark Rowley was effectively defending the force’s inaction on these protesters just last week – clearly it is within the police’s remit to stop them more often…

With local elections fast approaching Guido has heard several accounts of local Green Party candidates down-playing their connections to radical environmental groups – such as Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil. Criminal activism might not go down so well amongst middle class conservationists concerned about sewage…

Two such cases come from candidates for Horsham District Council. If you believed her campaign literature, you could be forgiven for taking Claudia Fisher as a humble, unassuming parish councillor. She boasts of her record stepping up to “serve the community”. Claudia doesn’t mention her multiple arrests as an Extinction Rebellion activist.

Former civil servant, Joan Grech also makes no mention of her links to controversial eco-activist groups, whilst the Green Party’s Facebook page makes no mention of candidate Lawrence Leather’s previous involvement as a spokesman for Just Stop Oil. Clearly Horsham’s Greens want to hide their links to extreme eco protesters. On an unrelated note, the Horsham Greens are looking to target Conservative voters…

This week Extinction Rebellion and their countless spin-off groups are protesting outside Parliament and across Westminster, blocking traffic and effectively shutting down Parliament Square yesterday. Guido headed over to the square yesterday afternoon to have a chat…