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Home Secretary Suella Braverman has taken aim at Chris Packham over his new TV show which questions whether climate activists can and should be undertaking illegal activities while protesting.<\/p>\n
Set to hit screens next week, the documentary Chris Packham: Is It Time to Break the Law? will see the naturalist \u2018attempt to resolve a key dilemma of our times\u2019 over whether it is ethically acceptable to break the law to protest against government policies on climate change.<\/p>\n
Speaking about the project on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday Chris, 62, insisted he wasn\u2019t inciting violence, however when appearing on the show later in the morning, Braverman challenged his assertions.<\/p>\n
When speaking with hosts Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley, Richard had said that the UK \u2018should be a world leader\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018We have the capability to see opportunities when it comes to addressing climate breakdown, not just problems. We are heading in completely the wrong direction,\u2019 he continued.<\/p>\n
When interviewing the Home Secretary, Susanna explained: \u2018He [Chris] said that this could mean that protestors will take their actions much further. That this could be seen as incitement to violence.\u2019<\/p>\n
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In response, Braverman said she \u2018disagreed totally\u2019 with his point.<\/p>\n
After being told by Richard that some people had suggested Chris was endorsing violence by not condemning it, the politician replied that it was \u2018incredibly irresponsible and reckless\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m incredibly proud of what we\u2019ve achieved over the last 10 years when it comes to the environment,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n
During his appearance Chris had said that he had not incited any violence and had \u2018no intention, at this point, of committing any violence myself\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m not, therefore, leading by any form, or example. But it is my duty, in order to protect this planet at this critical time, to ask people to think very critically about their role in protecting it,\u2019 he continued.<\/p>\n
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However Richard referenced recent road blockades during protests that had prevented ambulances getting through and said if Chris didn\u2019t \u2018condemn\u2019 these actions, people might die.<\/p>\n
\u2018You are a respected and respectable environmentalist and broadcaster. It\u2019s you that\u2019s endorsing it and saying, \u201cI don\u2019t condemn you if you do this\u201d \u2013 it might sway them to do something that could end up killing somebody.\u2019<\/p>\n
However Chris said climate change was putting \u2018millions of lives at risk\u2019 while politicians were \u2018making the wrong decisions\u2019.<\/p>\n
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After Richard shared concerns made by viewers about some people watching the documentary possibly drawing the wrong conclusions and breaking the law to make their voice heard, Chris said: \u2018But we also have governments all over the world, playing with the singularly, most explosive issue. They are trashing our climate. They are trashing our biodiversity.\u2019<\/p>\n
He also said the \u2018chilling underlying fact\u2019 of his documentary was that people were already thinking about violence towards property, like the infrastructure of the oil and gas industry.<\/p>\n
\u2018We meet people who are already telling us that that\u2019s probably on the agenda.\u2019<\/p>\n
Speaking about the laws governing protests, Chris questioned if we \u2018wanted to live in a county\u2019 where \u2018you can\u2019t even stand in the street with a t-shirt on without being dragged away\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018Is that the degree of freedom that we want taken away from us?<\/p>\n
\u2018At the core of our democracy is our human right to protest and that human right is being eroded at a critical time in our species\u2019 history. If we do not exercise that right, to use our voices, to change policies, to protect us and our future and that of our children and everything living on this planet, then I do not feel we are doing our duty.\u2019<\/p>\n
During the interview Chris said there was no incitement in the documentary to break the law, but it did present \u2018very clear predictions that is what is likely to happen\u2019.<\/p>\n