Ryan Bridge: The Restore Passenger Rail protestors will be back

Bad news this morning for any productive, hard-working, and busy members of our society.

The climate protesters who brought Wellington to a standstill - rush hour traffic to a stand still - will be back at it again soon. 

Mark my words. 

You'll see more idiots gluing themselves to motorways, abseiling down Mt Victoria, hanging signs from gantries, roads closed, police resources distracted from important stuff, and chaos to start your day. 

Why? 

The Crown has walked away from, abandoned, the prosecution of more than 20 defendants facing charges over protests in Wellington. 

These guys are off on their merry way. 

They're from the Restore Passenger Rail group. 

Some were awaiting re-trial after juries couldn't come to a verdict on whether they endangered transport. 

Anyway there's a lot of hands that should be in cuffs that will soon be covered in glue again.

How do we know this? 

They told us.

One of the nutters said he hopes the Crown decision sets a precedent and that protesters won't be prosecuted for future climate change activism.

We had numpties sleeping in coal cart trying to shut down the Stockton mine on the West Coast over Easter. 

Dangerous stuff. Expensive stuff. I remember a woman stuck in traffic on SH1 missing her chemo appointment at hospital. 

Their point is emissions are bad for the climate, but tens of thousands of cars sitting idle stuck in traffic while some climate hero gets his five seconds of TikTok fame abseiling onto our state highways would surely, if anything, make those emissions worse. 

Also, did you know they hire gas-guzzling diesel vans to ferry them to and from their stunts?

Hypocritical losers, even Tory Whanau said they were dumb.

These people are not about climate solutions. They're about themselves. 

I'm all for constructive discussion on how our small country can play it's part. 

But every time I see an ambulance stuck in a traffic jam caused by unnecessary attention seekers, it makes me want to let the planet burn just to spite them. 

Sadly, the rest of us can all look forward to dealing with much more of this in the months and years ahead. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Bad news this morning for any productive, hard working, busy
members of our society. In other words, all of you
listening to the show this morning, Good morning. The climate
protesters who brought Wellington to its knees, remember that rush
hour traffic to a standstill. While they're going to be
back at it again soon, mark my words. You will

(00:20):
see more idiots gluing themselves to the motorways. You'll see
the map sailing down Mount Victoria, hanging signs from the gantries,
the roads closed, the police doing not what they should be,
basically chaos to start your day. Why the Crown has
walked away from, abandoned the prosecution of more than twenty
of these guys over the protests in Wellington. These guys

(00:44):
are now off on their merry little way. They're from
the Restore Passenger Rail group, remember them. Some were awaiting
retrial after juries couldn't come to a verdict on whether
they endangered transport. Hello, anyway, there's lots of hands that
should be in cuffs that will soon be covered in glue. Again,
how do we know this? They told us. One of

(01:05):
the nutters says he hopes the crown decision sets a
precedent that protesters won't be prosecuted for future climate change activism.
We had numpties sleeping in coal carts trying to shut
down the Stockton mine on the West Coast over easter.
Dangerous stuff, expensive stuff. I remember a woman stuck in

(01:26):
traffic on State Highway one, missing her chemotherapy appointment at
hospital because of these guys. Their point emissions are bad
for the climate, But tens of thousands of cars sitting
idle stuck in traffic while some climate hero gets us
five seconds of TikTok fame ab sailing onto a state
highway would surely, if anything, make those emissions worse. Also,

(01:51):
did you know they hire gas guzzling diesel vans to
ferry them to and from their stunts. Yeah, I found
that out after the fact. Hypocritical losers. Even Torri Farno
said they were dumb. Torri Farno, these people are not
about climate solutions, They're about themselves. I'm all for constructive
discussion on how our small country can play its part,

(02:14):
But every time I see an ambulance stuck in traffic
chalk just because of some unnecessary attention seeker like this,
it makes me want to let the planet burn just
despite them. Sadly, the rest of us can look forward
to dealing with much more of this in the months
and years ahead. For more familiar edition with Ryan Bridge,

(02:34):
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