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The Charity Commission rejected a complaint made by the frothing backbench Common Sense Group of Tory MPs and peers who had argued the blog was “ideological dogma” that put Barnardo’s in breach of its charitable purposes.

theguardian.com/world/2021/aug…
In what has been described as a full-scale campaign to “silence criticism & discredit any dissenting voices”, Tory MPs from Conservative Common Sense Group attacked the Runnymede Trust after criticised of the Govt’s ridiculous ideological  Sewell report.

theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
"Following careful assessment of the concerns raised, the Charity Commission says that it was within the charity’s purposes to engage with & take a position on the CRED report & has found no breach of its guidance".

gov.uk/government/new…
The Runnymede Trust emerged victorious following politically motivated smears by Tory MPs who demanded an official probe into its work. They accused it of being "woke", & motivated by anger at the Govt, just because it criticised the awful Sewell Report.

independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
Back in April, the only black SPAD in No 10 felt his only recourse to the "grubby, divisive Sewell #RacismReport" was to resign, following inaction over equalities minister Kemi Badenoch's bad behaviour, & dissatisfaction with the "divisive" Tories.

theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
The misleading & ideological Sewell report dominated the news for weeks when it was released, & the Tories - especially the rabidly intolerant populist nationalist Libertarians in the ironically named Common Sense Group - orchestrated politically motivated attacks on its critics.
When the Common Sense Group aren't busy attacking charities, they can be found mobilising the antisemitic conspiracy theory of "cultural Marxism" to demonise the National Trust, while fueling a US-style culture war moral panic against Critical Race Theory.
Why don't journalists ask why Jacob Rees-Mogg referred to Jewish Tories as part of the "Illuminati", & why Suella Braverman, Ben Bradley & others in the 'Common Sense' Group, KEEP mobilising the antisemitic conspiracy theory of "Cultural Marxism", which inspired Anders Breivik?
We know why: because the Government is only in power because for years the Telegraph, Sun, Express, Sun, Mail, Times, Spectator, BBC, ITV, talkRadio, LBC & now GB "News", & a network of right-wing think tanks & institutions with vast resources relentlessly demonise alternatives.
John Hayes MP: the National Trust are "coloured by cultural Marxist dogma, colloquially known as the 'woke agenda'" & Kemi Badenoch should 'stop the worthless work of publicly funded organisations promulgating weird, woke ideas & seeding doubt & fear, disharmony & disunity.' 🤬

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Since 9/11, the number of UK/US newspaper articles about terrorism increased exponentially - despite attacks in Europe & North America being much more common during the 1970/80s & typically carried out by left/right-wing nationalists.

theconversation.com/9-11-how-polit…
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