“It’s now day 7 and although I’m inside I can feel the weather changing, chilly air blows through the vent below my cell window.
One week in on my hunger strike, my thoughts are with those vulnerable, elderly and young families, who as the temperature drops, have to choose between heating or eating because of poorly insulated homes; over 8 thousand people will die this winter as a direct result. I have a choice to not eat and I am fortunate to have a warm cell.
Boris Johnson also has a choice: he can choose to insulate the homes of our most vulnerable, creating thousands of jobs and reducing emissions, he has the money, but he is not willing to protect those people. He is a coward and is betraying this country. He can lock me up for highlighting this, but I will continue my hunger strike until he makes a meaningful statement to insulate Britain.
On a personal level I am feeling grateful for the love outside the court, for every hero who stepped up on Saturday, thank you.I continue to draw strength from nature, my ‘birding behind bars’ count is now at 15 species. Imagine that from a yard of concrete, turf, steel fences and razor wire, with a 120 step perimeter.
Yesterday I watched a beautiful green woodpecker forage in the grass for nearly an hour. His stunning red head a beacon against the grey. There is beauty everywhere, we MUST protect it.”
Emma Smart
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