(not satire – it’s the UK today!)
A spokesman for the Charity Commission has given a strong statement concerning four charities which supposedly signed a pro-Tory letter in the Daily Telegraph:
“Signing a letter in support of a political party is not a legitimate activity for a charity. We will be writing to all four charities to establish the facts and expect them to remedy the situation swiftly if they have not done so already. The commission will decide what further action, if any, is necessary once the charities have responded.”
One of the charities – Diverse Cymru – has already asked the newspaper to delete its name from the letter, which it says was included “in error” – but their requests have so far been ignored by both the Tories and the Telegraph.
More details here:
Charity Commission writes to four charities that signed pro-Tory letter in The Daily Telegraph
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And Eton David Cameron old school is registered as a charity too
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Blurring the lines between satire & proper journalism once again Mr P……
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lord-janner-sent-a-christmas-card-to-police-officer-who-investigated-child-sex-abuse-allegations-against-him-10205988.html
HELPS IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS IN THE POLICE DONT IT?
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Reblogged this on Beastrabban’s Weblog and commented:
This is quite ironic, considering that in the 1980s the Freedom Association, then known as the National Association for Freedom (NAFF – honestly!) tried to get the Charities Commission to throw out Oxfam and a number of other charities because they were supposedly political groups, rather than simple charitable organisations.
And of course, this follows hard on the heels of the revelations that the letter from businessmen supporting the Tories came from the Conservatives themselves, particularly friends of Samantha Cameron. And even then, several of the businesses they simply assumed would support them have now asked to be left off the list.
It just shows the sheer arrogance of the Tories and the sense of aristocratic entitlement running through them that they automatically expect support, regardless of the legal niceties of the situation, and frequently don’t bother with actually consulting the organisations themselves to see if they actually do.
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The situation rings a bell. Last year, Scottish Referendum, the CBI made comments which were designed to make voters vote NO.
After a lot of kerfuffle, charities resigned en masse as did a number of commercial organisations. Notably the BBC did not. Shortly after this the CBI chief’s head was on the block – he tried to blame a junior but this failed.
Same tactics, same party. Didn’t work out well either time…
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