Thursday, 22 January 2009

Champagne Swampies

You may remember Tory Bear going after the PlaneStupid eco-rahs a while back. Now Sister Bear has given them two barrels in a this week's Spectator. My Lords, Ladies and Gentleman welcome to the age of the

Champagne Swampies
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"Chief among the Champagne Swampies is Tamsin Omond (Westminster, Cambridge, daughter of a baronet), the Heathrow protest pin-up and founder of Plane Stupid. In her wake follow other equally glamorous Swampies: actresses like Miranda Richardson and Emma Thompson; then the pop-star contingent headed by Chrissie Hynde.

They’re the rich, often famous or aristocratic eco-activists who found a purpose in life saving the world from global warming, and as the recession eats away at less affluent people’s green resolutions, they’re becoming ever more noticeable."

3 comments:

R-J. said...

TB - Tamsin is the granddaughter of a Baronet and not the daughter.

Jordan D
said...

Emma Thompson's diary (as imagined):
- Friday: In UK, buy plot of land with Greenpeace
- Saturday/Sunday: In LA, for Golden Globes
- Monday: Announce that I've bought a plot of land with Greenpeace in London.

Hmmm - Plane Stupid? No, Emma Stupid.

Anonymous said...

Isn’t this the same inverted snobbery that makes snide comments about the Conservative Party being led by old Etonians. Is protest only the privilege of the proletariat? Comrade Bear.

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