Daily Mail, Tuesday, August 13, 2019 Page 21
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Now snowf lakes
ban beef burgers
University’s canteen crackdown ‘to save planet’
One’s serious this time!
Olivia the steely Queen
A UNIVERSITY that is ban-
ning beef from its canteen has
been condemned for denying
people the freedom to choose
what they eat.
The move by Goldsmiths, Univer-
sity of London will come into force
from next month as part of a drive
for a ‘carbon neutral campus’.
The students’ union has backed the
ban, saying the university has a ‘huge
carbon footprint’ that must be eradi-
cated by 2025.
But farming groups said Goldsmiths
was setting a ‘dangerous precedent’ by
‘taking away choice’ and that British
beef is produced to ‘high environmen-
tal standards’.
Studies have shown cattle farming
produces relatively high levels of green-
house gases, although the impact is
lower on farms in the UK compared
with other parts of the world.
The Goldsmiths ban, which will affect
all beef products including burgers, was
announced by new head Professor
Frances Corner, who has come from thedeliver the step change we need to cut
our carbon footprint drastically and as
quickly as possible.’
She has also implemented other
measures to make the university more
environmentally friendly, such as
charging students a 10p levy on bottles
of water and single-use plastic cups.
Stuart Roberts, of the National Farm-
ers’ Union, said the beef ban was an
‘overly simplistic approach’, adding:‘Our standards of beef production in
the UK are among the most efficient in
the world, with British livestock graz-
ing in extensive, grass-based systems –
meaning a greenhouse gas footprint 2.5
times smaller than the global average.’
Mo Metcalf-Fisher, of the Country-
side Alliance, said: ‘Goldsmiths Uni-
versity are setting a dangerous prece-
dent by imposing bans and forcing
people to live a particular way.
‘Reducing carbon is laudable but this
is the wrong approach. Education is
what a university should be about so
people make responsible choices on
their own. A university should not be
about taking choice away.’
Katie Pearson, of the National Beef
Association, said: ‘The UK continues to
lead the way in environmentally sus-
tainable beef production and this
should not be confused with environ-
mentally damaging beef production
systems such as South America.’
George Dunn, of the Tenant Farmers
Association, said the ‘wrongheaded’
ban lacked the ‘rigour of evidence-
based decision making that we should
expect of our academic institutions’.London College of Fashion and is known
for ‘ethical fashion’ campaigning.
She said: ‘The growing global call for
organisations to take seriously their
responsibilities for halting climate
change is impossible to ignore.
‘Our staff and students care passion-
ately about the future of our environ-
ment and are determined to helpBy Eleanor Harding
and Will Fryer‘Forcing people to live
a particular way’By Jennifer Ruby
Senior Showbusiness CorrespondentHER last appearance as a royal
involved an offbeat and surreal por-
trayal of an 18th century monarch.
But Olivia Colman is clearly taking a
very different approach to playing
the Queen, if the first trailer for the
next series of The Crown is anything
to go by.
Miss Colman, 45, looked very seri-
ous in full royal regalia in a clip
released yesterday by Netflix.
She is seen walking through her
chambers and then turning to look
directly at the camera.
Miss Colman succeeds Claire Foy in
the role of Elizabeth II in the award-
winning drama, which returns to TV
in November.
The third series, set in the 1960s and1970s, also features Tobias Menzies as
Prince Philip and Helena Bonham
Carter as Princess Margaret.
Miss Colman won an Oscar in Febru-
ary for her controversial portrayal
of a batty Queen Anne in bawdy com-
edy The Favourite.
She has admitted that during
filming of The Crown she listened to
the BBC shipping forecast through an
earpiece to help keep her emotions
in check.
‘My problem is, I emote. The Queen
is not meant to do it. She’s got to be
a rock for everyone, and [has] been
trained not to,’ she told Vanity Fair. Beacon of calm: The Queen in 1971Suitably regal: Olivia Colman in the Netflix trailer