This week, there’s been much (Left-wing) commotion about reports that Elon Musk may donate £79 million to Reform U.K.
Although Musk isn’t a British citizen, he could apparently make the donation through one of his U.K. firms. His father has also claimed he is eligible for citizenship through his mother.
Naturally, a vocal wing of X has been up in arms about the prospect. Summarising the mood of 'Left-wing X', the Good Law Project posted: “Make no mistake, this threatens the fabric of our democracy.”
The astonishing thing in all this – leaving aside whether it’s right or wrong for Musk to make the donation (and I am against the idea) – is that there’s ample evidence that the U.S. Embassy has funded Left-wing activism here.
Perhaps the clearest example of this (so far) relates to a man called Mete Coban, who currently serves as Sadiq Khan’s Deputy Mayor for the Environment (paid £148k a year).
Before his appointment, Coban was a Labour councillor, as well as the CEO of My Life My Say, a youth democracy charity that Alastair Campbell helped him set up.
Coban has now stepped down as CEO of the charity, but remains a trustee.
To help the charity “promote democracy to a U.K. young audience that has been traditionally too hard to reach by mainstream institutions”, the U.S. Embassy in London awarded $89,200 in grants to My Life My Say between 2020 and 2023:
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And what about all the Labour people sent to the States to help Harris..
Donald Trump, the Winston Churchill of our times, will stick climate change up Stamerheddons backside.
As Tony Bliar is involved you just know it is, to say the least, suspicious.
An excellent piece of investigative journalism by Charlotte Gill.
Mete Coban is a Turkish Muslim from the chunk of Cyprus seized by Turkey, “Mete” being a variation of the Turkish Muslim name “Mehmet”, for “Mohammed”.
“Mete was encouraged to get into politics by his father when he was 14 “to give back to the community”, after his family moved over to the UK from Cyprus so his brother could get [FREE NHS] medical treatment.”
Strange way to “give back”, as if the Indigenous Brits have benefitted in the slightest…
On holiday in Cyprus the Cyprian Head Chef said he had recently had an operation done in London free gratis via the NHS.
So what has Gates been doing for years?
Is Keir-Ching! going to tell us what he and Gates were discussing when they met in No.10 a couple of weeks ago?
Or with Boris in 2019. At least Dominic Cummings has been spilling the beans about the fake democracy in a video interview.
It is v difficult to stop the slush funds since they can target the family(ies) instead or just provide cheap penthouse accommodation.
As Farage found, they can even prosecute a staff member for exceeding the legal threshold but not dismiss the MP elected and hold another election.
Labour made a huge and helpful contribution to the recent US elections. They made damn sure Trump and the GOP won the whole shooting match! Thank you, lefties!
I think Cackles deserves credit for most of that. She might well have been worse than Dementia Joe.
I don’t really buy this whole “election interference” thing – people are free to make their minds up with the information available. That said, the left make sure that any “election interference” that might benefit the right is well publicised, while hiding “interference” in the opposite direction.
Coban and the empty-inane wild eye look of a psychopath with the requisite moustache. A grifter, grafter, corrupt and moron. Which is why the fake news loves him.
Coban and Climate Con Fascism. He and his cult are only missing their black and grey uniforms and shiny boots.
This is the paragraph that really caught my eye:
‘Coban led a very full life, working as Labour-run Hackney’s Cabinet Member for the Environment and fronting the borough’s £61 million mission to tackle climate change.’
First of all what a very grand title, Hackney obviously sees itself as a mini state.
Beyond that here we have a single Labour council pouring tens of millions of pounds down the Net Zero fantasy drain (and I’m sure many Conservative and Lib Dem ones are being similarly profligate) at the same time as the Labour government complains about multi billion pound black holes in the country’s finances.
Perhaps they should join the dots…
“… a single Labour council …” As you say, they’re all at it. Our “climate emergency” was declared in October 2019, to a great fanfare and presentation of a grandiose statement of intent. Time to revisit that.
Tackling climate change is the biggest waste of human resources in the history of mankind. Never has so much been spent to achieve so little.
Indeed. A colossal iniquity.
Odd that the pre-budget visit to Downing St by those Inner Circle of Hell debentures, Bill Gates and Larry Fink, aroused no concerns in our ever vigilant media about foreign or billionaire interference
Someone mentioned that on GB News last week, and the Leftist guest responded with, we have no right to know what they discussed and if you do, you are a conspiracy theorist. Funny how the Left is now in bed with the corporations.
Twas ever thus with Fascism as it is the difference from Communism.
So many of societies problems are caused by the people highlighted here.