I was trying to explain this to somebody. They believe that Net Zero would simply halt when it hits reality. That is to underestimate the green agenda.

If you object to Net Zero, the Police will be smacking your head in at some point in the future. https://twitter.com/jameswoudhuysen/status/1341659825546080256

It is going to create a division in society deeper and wider than anything we have ever seen before. Deeper than the miners strike. Deeper than the 1930s.

If you think that such division doesn't mean policeman introducing your face to the pavement, you're an idiot.

It's going to take, from very many millions of people, that which is essential. And it will hand back only that which is necessary for subsistence, in return for compliance.

They call it a "just transition" to the new regime.

It is no use saying that protest or new political parties will challenge it.

The agenda is explicit in requiring the surrender of political sovereignty -- the same issue that Brexit was fought over.

There will be no mechanism for addressing the inadequacies of green politics.

If you disagree, SHOW me the mechanism by which we can, in the event that either the 'science' or political design for the post-carbon future turn out to be flawed, withdraw from "our commitments".

There is no such exit. There will be no means to switch off *their* power.

Hence: "Police officers could have to enforce unpopular environmental laws as part of Britain’s increasingly radical Green agenda, a senior officer has suggested."

That is the future of democracy in Britain.

The Police *know* it. It's not an if. It's not really a question.

"... there are questions around who will enforce the measures with senior police leaders expressing concern that the burden may fall on their shoulders."

"There are concerns that if enforcement by local authorities fails to change people’s behaviour sufficiently, the Government will turn to the police to act."

That's the red line, right there, to people who say that nobody is taking your car/boiler/livelihood away.

They are.

They will take your stuff away, and charge you for doing so.

"The police are the front face of the State in that sense and some of the ambitious green targets that have been set will involve a number of different state agencies in terms of driving environmental change..."

Remember... NOBODY voted for this.

"... but at what point on that journey might the police be required to play a role in terms of enforcement? These are issues that should be being discussed now."

If you think this is about climate change, you're naïve.