We saw evidence GCHQ has facilitated “speed dating” sessions at schools for Year 8 pupils (ie 12-13 years old) with arms companies such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, which are involved in war crimes against children in Yemen, Iraq, and elsewhere.
This is funded by UK taxpayer
World’s largest arms corp Lockheed Martin was awarded exclusive “associate” status by GCHQ for its schools programme.
Lockheed’s Mark 82 bomb was used by Saudi Arabia in 2018 to blow up 40 children on a school bus in Yemen.
Weapons manufacturers should never be in schools.
We saw evidence that GCHQ facilitated the entry of arms corporation Raytheon into a *primary school* to teach children “how you can eavesdrop on a computer screen using a simple radio tuner”.
This is so wrong. Weapons manufacturers out of primary schools now.
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Tonight, London Mayor Sadiq Khan—who joined the British-American Project in 2008—hosted an event for the organisation at City Hall.
Panellists included Matt Palmer, Deputy Chief of Mission at the US embassy in London. Event was chaired by BBC’s Jane Hill, who joined BAP in 2005.
UK-based people joining the BAP this year include:
-Kate Forbes, MSP for SNP (Anas Sarwar joined in 2018)
-BBC journalists Emma Barnett and Ione Wells
-UK military’s Joanne Crouch
-Emily Benn of MI6-linked firm Hakluyt
-Joshua Molofsky of the US embassy in London
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3 non-Nato nations—Sweden, Austria, Finland—have personnel deployed w/ Nato in UK.