Director, Global Corporate Responsibility at Turner & Townsend. All views are my own.
London, UK
Joined June 2012
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Lydia Parnell retweeted
We’re going to spend decades negotiating to help tackle the impact of Brexit on everything from the music industry and the City of London to car manufacturing and tourism. Instead, why can’t politicians explain to voters why it’s in the U.K’s interest to be inside the single market and customs union. There is no country in Western Europe that isn’t in some combination of these, or is applying to join. How are we the only one whose national interest is to be entirely separate from the continent’s market structures? I honestly think politicians underestimate the intelligence of voters. Nobody has really bothered to explain to people what the single market and customs union actually do.
The @labour4europe has been calling for the UK to be part of the pan European Mediterranean convention to help tackle the impact of brexit on rules of origin requirements. The jobs now at risk in our car manufacturing sector show why the government should listen …#brexithaos
Lydia Parnell retweeted
Today, the govt pushed ahead with the most brutal, stupid and damaging responses to problems they created in the first place. This is where xenophobia and ‘sovereignty’ get you; breaking international law and sending asylum seekers to Rwanda.
Shameless, the lot of them.
Lydia Parnell retweeted
Yesterday I said goodnight to my daughter Hannah for the last time. Today I said good morning to my child Noah for the first time. They bear a striking resemblance. And have an equal disdain for their dad.
Thank you #EnglandTeam #EnglandFootballTeam for putting the heart, soul and magic back into the beautiful game. You are all heros.
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'Players should hold their heads high': Southgate on England's Euro 2020 final defeat – video theguardian.com/football/vid…
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"What is wrong with some people? It's so so sad and ridiculous!"
On #BBCBreakfast Alan Shearer has condemned the racist abuse that a number of England players have received following England's #EURO2020 final defeat last night.
bbc.in/3k9Z1hs
Lydia Parnell retweeted
From Saturday, we will be showing the Tour de France live every day in the pub. (Very excited)
Please RT!
#TDF2021 @catford_cc @dulwichparagon @PengeCycleClub @brixtoncycles @LesFillesRT @PeckhamCC @VCLondres
Lydia Parnell retweeted
Isn't it funny that the same people who are calling us naive for believing change is possible are the ones who believe fossil fuel companies, big polluters and oil producing nations will ”fix” the climate- and ecological crisis with their vague, distant ”net zero” commitments...?
Lydia Parnell retweeted
While Downing St announces their deal as a victory let’s be clear about what’s happened. A trade deal has been negotiated to make trade less smooth and less simple. The economy will take a hit. In return we no longer have free movement to 27 other countries. BUT blue passports.
Lydia Parnell retweeted
I’m so ashamed and embarrassed by this. I can only apologise on behalf of these people. They are the absolute pits of our country. 😔 🇬🇧🤝🇩🇪
Lydia Parnell retweeted
We have been working with the Greater London Authority on its #Retrofit Accelerator Programmes, which are part of the @MayorofLondon's ambitious agenda to make the capital a #ZeroCarbon city.
Find out more: https://teapaw.org/t.co/V3xlTU1mLn
#TTAnnualReview #housing #WGBW2020 @LDN_gov
I just signed a petition to demand that the 4 police officers involved in murdered George Floyd be arrested and charged immediately. You should too: go.theactionpac.com/sign/jus…
Lydia Parnell retweeted
Being in #lockdown there isn't a need to renew the monthly Travelcard. So I'm pledging to spend the £160 (z1-3) on local businesses. Starting with the essentials;
@theribman 2 x bottles of the finest hot sauce
@MundialMag 1 x subscription
@GipsyHillBrew 1 x mix pack of beer
Lydia Parnell retweeted
Behind the Tory bluster the reality is in real terms 83% of schools will be worse off in April 2020 than in 2015 - and schools will have £2bn less spending power in 2020/21 than they did in 2015/16.
#StopSchoolCuts #QueensSpeech
Meet our #TT5000futures mascot, who has popped into our London offices this community week...but what shall we call them? I vote Taylor...
It’s community week at @turnertownsend. We are celebrating our work in local communities and reaching over 4,500 children and young people through our education and employment initiatives. Get involved and help us name our #TT5000futures mascot!
