Yesterday I joined the Big If campaign by making a video for Greenpeace. Four of us founder members of Wecan and some of our children, pledged to have a protest picnic on Ed Millibands doorstep, if the government goes ahead with plans for a new coal power station at Kingsnorth. We were going to pledge to have a picnic every week until he’s no longer in office, but couldn’t quite face the cold winter months picnicking on the doorstep with our children eating cold sausages and soggy egg sandwiches.
The amount of CO2 emitted by the coal station per annum, will be equal to the 25 least polluting countries combined and we will not have a hope in hell of reaching our climate targets proposed by the government.
Actors, comedians, singers, filmmakers and various others have taken part in the Big If pledge. Some have promised not to vote labour in the next election, others like filmmaker Nick Broomfield have said they will be involved in some kind of direct action if the coal station goes head. Singer VV Brown has said she will chain herself naked outside parliament and scream. What would you do? Go to the Greenpeace site and look under the Big If Video.
