Andrew Child

Mainly work on green trade issues at European Climate Foundation. Formerly UK lead at GSCC and journalist @FT. Occasional tweets @cleanairdad. Views all my own.

[Andrew Child @andrewjchild]

Hi @HelloFreshUK struggling to understand why this packaging wouldn’t be recyclable. It’s a bit sad that when I Google how to recycle your packaging I get Reddit threads and links to the US website. A bit of a disincentive tbh. Nothing obvious on your uk website

[Andrew Child @andrewjchild]

Important op-ed by @LaurenceTubiana and @RisharBaron on the need to mainstream trade as a climate issue...published ahead of the first ever Trade Day at COP on Dec 4 #COP28 #NetZeroTrade https://t.co/elRoUWuIVA

[Andrew Child @andrewjchild]

An important thread on why we need to better link trade & climate policy making. Coincided with yesterday's launch in the European Parliament of the https://t.co/ptb2QtSrsY report, introduced by @LaurenceTubiana & @samiraraf. Honoured to have chaired this event! #NetZeroTrade

[Laurence Tubiana @LaurenceTubiana]

Changing trade is essential to tackling climate change, and tackling climate change is integral to protecting trade.

The current drought in the Panama Canal shows the vulnerability of global trade routes. 1/6

[Jon Burke 🌍 @jonburkeUK]

I made the following points:

⛔️ RoSPA research shows that 20mph zones cut child road injuries by over 50%.

⛔️ Future Transport have proven 30mph produces 40% more pollution than 20mph, without reducing journey times.

⛔️ Tens of thousands are dying early due to air pollution.

[20's Plenty for Us @20splentyforus]

Whenever 20mph limits are implemented there is satisfaction from supporters but noisy outrage from those opposing. Myths arise which are patently nonsense and once implemented none go back to 30mph for residential areas. Well done Wales for doing #20splenty the smart way

[The New World: New ideas. New magazine @TheNewWorldmag]

Unfortunately, slamming the brakes at 30mph instead of 20mph guarantees more road deaths. This is what happens when your government is on the skids.

[Andrew Child @andrewjchild]

Why do the umpires still have their brollies up? It’s stopped raining and they seem oblivious. They are the only two in the whole of Lords. Please someone explain #TheHundred

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Wes - so disappointing - not just a rejection of fair voting system (which Labour members voted for) but failure to clearly call out Met Police arrest of anti-monarchy protesters - peaceful protest is a fundamental right & yesterday it was denied #bbclauraK

[Keith Burge @carryonkeith]

How terribly patriotic.

[Graham Smith 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇱 🐧 @GrahamSmith_]

I��m now out of the police station. Still waiting for my colleagues.

Make no mistake. There is no longer a right to peaceful protest in the UK.

I have been told many times the monarch is there to defend our freedoms. Now our freedoms are under attack in his name.

[Peter Tatchell @PeterTatchell]

Police broke their promise that our anti-monarchy protest could go ahead. They arrested Republic’s key organisers, confiscated Republic’s official placards, photographed us like we were criminals & erected barriers in front of our protest so the king would not see us

#NotMyKing

[Andrew Child @andrewjchild]

And at a time when @metpoliceuk desperately needs to rebuild its reputation and restore public trust

[lan Byrne MP @IanByrneMP]

Whether you support the monarchy or would prefer a republic, a fundamental right of any functioning democracy is the right to protest peacefully.
These actions by @metpoliceuk should worry all who believe in this guiding principle.

[Tom Scott 🇺🇦 @Tom___Scott]

Graham Smith of Republic says the police would not tell him and 5 others the grounds on which they were being arrested.

This would therefore seem to be an illegal arrest.

This government has *no* respect for the most fundamental principles of the rule of law.

[Double Down News @DoubleDownNews]

BREAKING: British Democracy

Anti-monarchy protesters arrested BEFORE peacefully protesting King's #Coronation

Britain slipping into a Police State before our very eyes

[Jolyon Rubinstein @JolyonRubs]

🚨Arrested for “intent” to hold a placard. What does this say about our “democracy”? #NotMyKing #Coronation #CoronationWeekend #Protest

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Whatever your views on monarchy, arrest of anti-royalist campaigners for exercising right to peaceful protest is chilling. Many of us warned about exactly this when govt rushed thro the illiberal public order bill. This is not what democracy looks like https://t.co/TWndQW6Whr

[Andrew Child @andrewjchild]

Shameful. No other word for it. And bound to swell the coffers and membership of Republic. #NotMyKing https://t.co/Sqdhza0ZPk

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

Our gilded veneer of a democracy, on show for all the world to see.

[Labour for a Republic 🌹🗳️ @Labour4Republic]

MAJOR BREAKING

REPUBLICANS PLANNING TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST ARE BEING ARRESTED IN CENTRAL LONDON AND MATERIALS CONFISCATED.

MORE INFO AS SOON AS WE HAVE IT.

SOLIDARITY WITH @RepublicStaff

[Andrew Child @andrewjchild]

This is deeply shocking behaviour police, having explicitly told Republic they would facilitate peaceful protest. Worthy of Putin’s Russia. I don’t really think this is the sort of country that most of us want to live in regardless of stance on the monarchy

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Police have arrested the leader of the anti-monarchist group Republic and several others as they made their way to the protest site ahead of King Charles's coronation 👇

Find out more 🔗 https://t.co/ktP74HOPKo

#coronation