Big story published this morning: @matjhope and I have mapped out how Matthew Elliott, Vote Leave CEO & TaxPayers'Alliance founder, & his American wife Sarah Elliott, of Republicans Overseas, fit in a network of US libertarians & #FossilFuel lobbyists who want a US-UK trade deal.
The couple met in the US, through Grover Norquist, of the Americans for Tax Reform, a low-tax campaign which Matthew Elliott later said was a model for him to create the TaxPayers'Alliance in the UK. Elliott also said having learned 'campaign techniques' through Norquist.
The Americans for Tax Reform is known to have received significant donations from the Koch brothers, who have fund climate science denial around the world 👉desmogblog.com/koch-industrie… | Sarah Elliott worked for Americans for Tax Ref & Americans for Prosperity, also funded by Kochs.
Speaking to Guardian in 2010 Matthew Elliott suggested he was keen to replicate the American Tea Party in the 🇬🇧: “We need to learn from {...} the Tea Party movement in 🇺🇸. It will be fascinating to see whether it will transfer to the 🇬🇧. Will there be the same sort of uprising?”
Also worth noting that Matthew Elliott is listed as a mentor of the Atlas Network, a free-market umbrella organisation based in Washington DC which support more than 450 organisations in 90 countries. The Atlas Network is also funded by Koch Foundations 💰 atlasnetwork.org/about/people/m…
