Pádraig Hoare: Politicians underestimate anger among climate change protesters

The response of Britain's education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, really shows how out of touch the political establishment is

Demonstrators during the Fridays for Future Scotland march through Glasgow during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. Picture date: Friday November 5, 2021.

The response on Friday to the burgeoning anger of young people over the destruction of the environment from the British Government was ample evidence that this generation of political and social leaders just does not get it.

Thousands of people from all over Britain and beyond, including Ireland, did not come to Glasgow's chilly November streets for a party or a fun day out, they came to tell global powerbrokers that enough was enough.