"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

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/08/rspb-ministers-wildlife-charity-power-britain

#RSPB #PolicyExchange #ToryLiars #13YearsToryMisrule

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"

#RSPB #PolicyExchange
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/08/rspb-ministers-wildlife-charity-power-britain

The Disturbing Power of Corporate Influence on Climate Action and Government

https://www.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

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.'

#UK #Government #politics #Conservative #Conservatives #PolicyExchange #law #protests #democracy #crime #police #RishiSunak #courts

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.
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateProtests #RishiSunak #PolicyExchange #UKPolitics

https://www.desmog.com/2023/06/29/rishi-sunak-boasts-that-oil-funded-think-tank-helped-us-draft-crackdown-on-climate-protests/

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 #PolicyExchange

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.

#RefugeesWelcome #AsylumSeekers #Children #Fascism

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/11/children-fleeing-danger-in-small-boats-should-be-deported-says-tory-thinktank