$1.8 Million In Gifts & Goodies To Tory Party & MPs In Just 2 Years From Climate Liars, Fossil Firms
The Conservative party and its MPs have registered £1.3m in gifts and donations from climate sceptics and fossil fuel interests since the 2019 general election, an investigation by the Guardian can reveal. Oil companies, petrostates, airports and businesses linked with Russian energy tycoons are among this set of donors, who have either made money from fossil fuels or stand to lose economically or politically from cutting emissions.
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Several Conservative MPs have received donations from sources linked to a climate-sceptic thinktank, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). Chief among the donors is Australian hedge fund manager Michael Hintze, who has given between £2,000 and £3,000 each to Priti Patel, Andrea Leadsom, Penny Mourdant, Mark Garnier, Robert Halfon and Brandon Lewis.
Norman also received £2,000 from another GWPF backer, Neil Record. GWPF trustee Terence Mordaunt, who is co-owner of the cargo handling business Bristol Port Company, has donated £2,000 to Conservative MP James Gray. In addition, two other MPs have unpaid positions on the Global Warming Policy Foundation: Steve Baker, the most outspoken critic of climate action in the lower house, and Labour MP Graham Stringer, who has also been critical of action on climate breakdown.
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Ten Conservative MPs have been treated by petrostates – UAE, Qatar and Bahrain – to a total of £25,000 in expenses-paid overseas trips or hospitality at sporting events, such as the Qatar Goodwood festival. In the aviation sector, Heathrow airport has provided its luxury Windsor suite to the value of £67,200 for Theresa May, and £3,060 for Boris Johnson. London City airport has treated one MP to football tickets and hospitality.
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/oct/25/tories-received-13m-from-fossil-fuel-interests-and-climate-sceptics-since-2019
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