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The radio host hit back: “Do you think it’s okay to stop people going about their lawful business on public roads?”<\/p>\n
The former Green Party leader responded: “This is non-violent direct action, this is what gave women the vote.”<\/p>\n
Ms Hartley-Brewer snapped: “Oh no, no, no, you don’t get to do that.<\/p>\n
“Every member of Insulate Britain has got the vote right now. They could run as a Green Party candidate.<\/p>\n
Richard Madeley says former Green leader’s answer is ‘disgrace’<\/h3>\n
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“They could ask people to support them and persuade people. You cannot make the comparison to the suffragettes.”<\/p>\n
The Sheffield-based Green Party member did not back down: “Non-violent direction action is exactly what the suffragettes did. It’s what the anti-fracking protesters did too.”<\/p>\n
The talkRADIO host raged at this claim, saying that people are not “entitled” to “just stop people do what they want to do, instead of persuading them”.<\/p>\n
This comes as a new court ruling won by the government warns climate change protesters that they could be jailed if they continue their campaign of blocking the M25.<\/p>\n
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