[Youngian]

I sort of get the sentiment but like I would add caveats and I certainly wouldn’t post it during an election campaign.

Indeed, voters don't really like politicians who 'tell it like it is' beyond abusing immigrants.
It is an interesting question as to whether it even matters if the human race died off. Probably not as long as we record the entire history of human endeavor for passing aliens to enjoy.

[The Weeping Angel]

There's always been an element of misanthropy to the environmental movement.

[Oboogie]

"Laugh off your hamburger"

??? What ???

It's a dig at the beef industry. Specifically the global demand for cheap beef which means lots of cow farts pumping methane into the atmosphere and also large swathes of the rainforest being chopped down to provide cheap grazing land for cattle which leads to even more farting.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Good Lord, he's spoken about climate change.

Backsliding on climate would drive Labour into obscurity, Zack Polanski says

Typically, it's the political opportunity that interests him. The idea that drilling is even "backsliding" is nonsense to me anyway. What matters is consumption emissions. We're doing pretty well on those.

Is subsidising energy costs for everyone in a worldwide supply crisis "backsliding on climate", Zack?

[Yug]

Is subsidising energy costs for everyone in a worldwide supply crisis "backsliding on climate", Zack?

How would he know? He only says stuff because he thinks it sounds good and will play well with his base. He's a populist, not a thinker.

[mattomac]

I really do hope we don’t shift on that, keeping Ed Miliband in that area would be a welcomed move when Burnham moves in.

[The Weeping Angel]

[Tubby Isaacs]

The cult below the line don't like this story, I see. One tells us this stuff is "failing to land". That isn't what his latest ratings are saying.