Insulate Britain has admitted they have ‘failed’ in their mission – but say they are ‘just getting started’.
The environmental group has caused travel chaos by blocking roads and motorways since September.
A number of activists were jailed last week after breaching an injunction aimed at curbing their climate change protests.
Demonstrators confessed today they feel like they have ‘lost another year’.
But they promise an ‘even more ambitious’ campaign is in the works to take on the ‘heartless and treasonous government’.
‘It is with an extremely heavy heart that today we have to announce that as Insulate Britain we have failed’, a new statement read.
‘We failed to move our irresponsible Government to take meaningful action to prevent thousands of us from dying in our cold homes during the energy price crisis.
‘We have failed to make this heartless Government put its people over profit and insulate our homes to do our part in lowering the UK’s emissions.
‘We have failed to encourage our Government to get up from their drinks parties, go to their desk and get on with the job.
‘And we failed in getting enough of you to join us on the roads to hold this treasonous and corrupt Government to account.’
The group has reiterated its mission to convince the government to insulate all of Britain’s homes by 2030 in order to cut carbon emissions.
They added: ‘We will continue our campaign of civil resistance because we only have the next two to three years to sort it out and prevent us completely failing our children and hitting climate tipping points we cannot control.
‘Now we must accept that we have lost another year, so our next campaign of civil resistance against the betrayal of this country must be even more ambitious.
‘More of us must take a stand. More of you need to join us. We don’t get to be bystanders. We either act against evil or we participate in it.
‘We haven’t gone away. We’re just getting started.’
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