Tim Lord
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Tim Lord
@timlord.bsky.social
Energy and climate stuff, mainly. Head of Climate Change @HSBC_UK. Previously @institutegc, @beisgovuk. Views my own.
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Doing my best to put aside the “economic advantages” thing here…
There is quite a serious campaign in some quarters to curtail school transport for kids with special educational needs.
As a user of that service, let me try to explain why it’s so important…
Here's K.Badenoch, who thinks an autism diagnosis entails "economic advantages and protections". She also queries providing school transport for autistic kids & has no idea what neurodiversity/divergence are, and why they have abs nothing to do with, say, anxiety. Pls repost
October 13, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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I’ve looked at the Foundations paper lots of people are talking about, and there are some (imv) major flaws in the Energy section.

The argument is: renewables are expensive, nuclear is cheap in some countries, we should copy them.

It will take a while to go through all this, but let’s have a go…
September 21, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Please listen to this incredible* series about the experience of a family bringing up a child with complex needs - really insightful, moving and illuminating.

(*Yes I would say this as it stars my sister, brother-in-law, niece and nephew, but it's true)

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September 16, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Excellent chart from the new IPPR report capturing chopping and changing on industrial strategy since 2010
November 17, 2023 at 8:42 AM