Head of research and analysis at ExTrac

London
Joined March 2009
the judge who sentenced Just Stop Oil protesters to 4 years in jail gave a suspended sentence to a police officer who had sex with a drunk woman in his patrol car expressandstar.com/news/uk-n…
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he said he was being "very lenient"
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this was fun! I also learnt lots
This week's episode of The Power Test, on the politics of Net Zero, was one of my favourites to record because I learnt loads. You can also hear me explain why the Tories completely misread Uxbridge, which last night's by-elections confirmed. pod.link/1685159956
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been invited to an event about sustainable travel that's offered to fly me to Munich and back 🙃
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"sustainable" development company has offered a flight to Sweden and back...for a dinner
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Of all the net zero "dividing lines", energy makes the least sense.
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weird politics to drop energy efficiency standards for landlords...who are the Tories winning over with that one?
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The Environment Agency will be put in charge of the heat pump manufacturing quota scheme (!)
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Aside from being extremely stretched dealing with flooding, sewage pollution etc, does the EA have much knowledge on heat pumps or manufacturing?
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Prince Harry takes his rightful place alongside Annie Ernaux and Katherine Mansfield
This week's bestsellers. To order copies, go to lrb.me/6jh
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this is an unnecessary amount of people to attend a Cop
The @UNFCCC has now published the final participant lists for #COP27. Overall, a total of 49,704 people attended the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh. That is *11,000 more* than at COP26 and makes COP27 the largest in history. (Might also explain the food and water shortages...)
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uh oh. As #COP27 enters fraught final hours, US climate envoy John Kerry has tested positive for Covid and is isolating. A covid outbreak would be cherry on top of a very chaotic Cop
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These vegan activists have been the only visible protesters at COP27 this week (they're here every day)
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How does Sunak look taller than Macron here
Photo du Jour: Prime Minister @RishiSunak meets French President @EmmanuelMacron at the COP 27 Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh. By Stefan Rousseau/PA
the "queue" to pay for food at COP27 is a static crowd of 50 people. At this rate nobody is going to eat
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paid £10 for a sandwich 🙃
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