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Copping Out: The latest from Trafalgar Square
What's happening down at the COP OUT Camp out
Written by Grace Beaumont
Illustration by Verity Smith
Waking on Friday morning I can tell by the sunlight streaming into my room that for a change it’s a bright and clear day, good news for those taking part in the COP OUT down at Trafalgar square. I’ve been going back and forth from the square since last Saturday, the day when following the hugely successful event ‘The Wave’, in which around 40,000 decked out in blue descended on Parliament to demand direct action against climate change, the resilient bunch that is Climate Camp went the extra mile and set up camp right between Nelson’s Column and that giant Christmas tree. Known as the ‘hardy types’ the next day in The Sunday Times, they popped up their tents, hung up their banners and got the tea going on a make-shift stove.
By the time I arrived on Sunday, learned a few names and attempted to help… read more
