Here's a statement from a UK scientist, made after 5 climate protesters were sent to prison for years. It's long. I’m Dr Tristram Wyatt, Senior research fellow in Biology at the University of Oxford. I’m here on behalf of scientists outraged by this trial. I’d like to begin by reading you Professor Bill McGuire’s response to Judge Hehir’s rulings in the case. He’s not pulling his punches: ● “My name is Bill McGuire and I'm Professor Emeritus of Geophysical & Climate Hazards at UCL. ● I provided the expert testimony in support of the defendants in last week's conspiracy 5 trial. ● It goes without saying that the trial and the verdict were a farce, marked a low point in British justice, and were an assault on free speech. ● The judge’s characterisation of climate breakdown as a 'matter of opinion and belief' is completely nonsensical and demonstrates extraordinary ignorance. ● Similarly, to suggest that the climate emergency is 'irrelevant' in relation
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