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New UK ‘net zero’ minister linked to oil-funded think tank (www.opendemocracy.net)
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Claire Coutinho, appointed minister for energy security and net zero this week, was a senior fellow to the opaquely funded right-wing Policy Exchange, a think tank that helped write the UK’s controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act after explicitly stating the government should pass legislation to target Extinction Rebellion (XR).

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[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

I can’t deal with the sheer amount of corruption in this government.

Is this just a general statement or are you suggesting that the newly appointed minister has broken corruption laws? 🤔

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