Rosie Walters · @sirenoftitan
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"Who is Ben Caldecott? Among other roles, he is a senior fellow at Policy Exchange. Policy Exchange calls itself a thinktank. I see it as a dark money lobby group, and one of the most deadly anti-environmental organisations in the UK." - George Monbiot

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#13yearstorymisrule #ToryLiars #policyexchange #RSPB

Last updated 1 year ago

JuneSim63 · @junesim63
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George Monbiot on how the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) was bullied into submission via one of its own trustees, a member of the shady rightwing 'thinktank' Policy Exchange.

As Monbiot says:
"Large organisations (characteristically more timid than small ones) bend over backwards to appease established power. The most effective means of demonstrating their loyalty is to invite the brokers of this power into their inner sanctum"


theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#policyexchange #RSPB

Last updated 1 year ago

OccuWorld · @OccuWorld
176 followers · 346 posts · Server hear-me.social

The Disturbing Power of Corporate Influence on Climate Action and Government

youtube.com/shorts/wM7O-f7jKT8

Net Zero’s not enough, and the war on climate action In this episode, Clare and Charlie discuss the incredible amount of extreme weather around the world in 2023, why ‘net zero’ isn’t enough, and the 2025 battle plan from the American political right which seeks to dismantle climate action and make it difficult to put back in the future, too.

#buying #genocide #ecocide #bribery #corruption #profitinterest #corporatecontrol #governments #americanright #globalimpact #climatedisplacement #alec #policyexchange

Last updated 1 year ago

Jon PENNYCOOK · @jonpsp
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Policy Exchange: 'In June, Sunak confirmed at the think tank’s summer party that its report “helped us draft” what became the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. The prime minister worked at Policy Exchange before becoming an MP, and some of its supporters also donated to his leadership campaign.'

#courts #RishiSunak #Police #crime #Democracy #protests #law #policyexchange #conservatives #Conservative #Politics #Government #UK

Last updated 1 year ago

JuneSim63 💚 · @junesim63
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Rishi Sunak has confirmed that a fossil fuel-funded think tank helped to draft his government’s laws targeting climate protests.

Speaking at Policy Exchange’s summer party on Wednesday (28 June), the prime minister boasted that the think tank’s work “helped us draft” the government’s crackdown on protests.

desmog.com/2023/06/29/rishi-su

#ukpolitics #policyexchange #RishiSunak #climateprotests #ClimateEmergency

Last updated 1 year ago

JuneSim63 💚 · @junesim63
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Children fleeing conflict and persecution in other parts of the world should still be deported from the UK if they cross the Channel in small boats, according to hardline new proposals from influential conservative thinktank

This hard right Tory government becomes more desperate to demonise the most vulnerable in society as their popularity plummets. Do not underestimate their slide towards fascism.

theguardian.com/world/2023/feb

#Fascism #children #asylumseekers #RefugeesWelcome #policyexchange

Last updated 2 years ago