>The TaxPayers’ Alliance, the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Policy Exchange, the Adam Smith Institute and the Legatum Institute have raised $9m from American donors since 2012. Of this, at least $6m has been channelled to the UK, according to tax returns filed with US authorities – representing 11% of the think tanks’ total UK receipts, with the figure reaching 23% for the Adam Smith Institute.
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>In that time, all five have steadily increased their connections in the heart of government. Between them, they have secured more than 100 meetings with ministers and more than a dozen of their former staff have joined Boris Johnson’s government as special advisers.
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>Representatives from right-wing think tanks – many of whom are headquartered at 55 Tufton Street in central London – frequently appear in British media and have been credited with pushing the Tories further to the right on Brexit and the economy.
Like a spreading bad rash you just can’t scrub off…
The Tories love hoodwinking their gullible voters through wordplay so he must have been referring to US dollars.
Shouldn’t actively knowingly willfully aggressively spreading climate disinformation be classed as a crime against humanity?
It’s a level of evil I just can’t understand.
These are mostly the people who are also part of the ERG (anti-EU). There are no depths with some people and their money grabbing ideology.
Tory think tanks. How ironic.
Imagine in 200 years with a world marred by climate change, they’ll look bad and study this time in history. Wonder what they’ll say about the Americans, and maybe the Brits too.
It’s not just climate change deniers doing this. The hardcore evangelical Christian Right in the USA are also doing this.
They dont like climate change as it interferes with capitalistic motivations. They will have to spend more in order to stay green, it’s cheaper to pollute. Plus gas they love gas.
Fracking is being kited like it was a kite festival so expect that to hit the north of England soon.
What planet do these morons think they are going to live on when the climate crisis really starts to bite?
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>The TaxPayers’ Alliance, the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Policy Exchange, the Adam Smith Institute and the Legatum Institute have raised $9m from American donors since 2012. Of this, at least $6m has been channelled to the UK, according to tax returns filed with US authorities – representing 11% of the think tanks’ total UK receipts, with the figure reaching 23% for the Adam Smith Institute.
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>In that time, all five have steadily increased their connections in the heart of government. Between them, they have secured more than 100 meetings with ministers and more than a dozen of their former staff have joined Boris Johnson’s government as special advisers.
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>Representatives from right-wing think tanks – many of whom are headquartered at 55 Tufton Street in central London – frequently appear in British media and have been credited with pushing the Tories further to the right on Brexit and the economy.
Like a spreading bad rash you just can’t scrub off…
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“The greenest government ever.” – David Cameron.
The Tories love hoodwinking their gullible voters through wordplay so he must have been referring to US dollars.
Shouldn’t actively knowingly willfully aggressively spreading climate disinformation be classed as a crime against humanity?
It’s a level of evil I just can’t understand.
These are mostly the people who are also part of the ERG (anti-EU). There are no depths with some people and their money grabbing ideology.
Tory think tanks. How ironic.
Imagine in 200 years with a world marred by climate change, they’ll look bad and study this time in history. Wonder what they’ll say about the Americans, and maybe the Brits too.
It’s not just climate change deniers doing this. The hardcore evangelical Christian Right in the USA are also doing this.
They dont like climate change as it interferes with capitalistic motivations. They will have to spend more in order to stay green, it’s cheaper to pollute. Plus gas they love gas.
Fracking is being kited like it was a kite festival so expect that to hit the north of England soon.
What planet do these morons think they are going to live on when the climate crisis really starts to bite?