Turning Point UK
Turning Point UK (TPUK) is a British, nonprofit right-wing youth pressure group aimed at countering perceived left-wing political ideology dominant in UK schools, colleges and universities.[1][2][3][4][5] It is an offshoot of the American organisation Turning Point USA.[6][7] On its launch the organisation was marked for criticism by British newspapers and users on social media.[8][7]
Turning Point UK's chairman is George Farmer[6][7] and it employs several staff including Darren Grimes, a Vote Leave youth campaigner[9] [10] and until recently, the CEO was ambitious J-TV founder Oliver Anisfeld[11] . Other staff members include Tom Harwood, formerly of far-right political blog, Guido Fawkes and Vote Leave Campaign[12] and YouTuber Steven "fat-nosed c***" Edginton[13] [3]
It claims to have "chapters at the universities of Sussex, Oxford, St Andrews, York, Warwick and Nottingham as well as King’s College London, University College London, the London School of Economics and University of the Arts London."[3] As a dark-money laundering effort, like Turning Point USA, does not disclose the identities of its donors.[3]
The group was launched in December 2018[citation needed] by Turning Point USA leaders Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens (fiancee of George Farmer)[8][14] at the Royal Automobile Club in London.[3] Among those attending the event were Andy Wigmore, Paul Joseph Watson and James Delingpole.[3][7] MPs including Jacob Rees-Mogg and Priti Patel tweeted supportive messages for Turning Point UK in February 2019.[6][7] The formal launch of the organisation's Twitter account in February 2019 was sabotaged by multiple parody accounts.[14][15]
David Lammy, the Labour MP, has described it as evidence that “sinister forces are taking hold of our country” and that the Tory party “openly promotes hard-right, xenophobic bile”.[16]
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References[edit]
- ↑ Kindred, Alahna (4 February 2019). "NO TURNING BACK What is Turning Point UK, does Jacob Rees-Mogg support it and why are they controversial?". The Sun. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ↑ "Turning Point UK May Make Politics On Campus More Bitter And Polarised Than Ever Before". HuffPost. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 van der Merwe, Ben (28 January 2019). "Right-wing dark money comes to Oxford student politics". Cherwell. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ↑ "The wrong Turning Point". Spectator USA. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ↑ "The UK launch of right-wing youth group Turning Point is going about as well as expected". New Statesman. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Walker, Peter (4 February 2019). "Tory MPs back youth group with apparent links to US far right". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 February 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "Tory MPs voice support for new UK branch of 'sinister' right-wing US group". The Independent. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Barnes, Luke (4 February 2019). "Turning Point USA launches British chapter to rocky reception". ThinkProgress. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ↑ "Vote Leave gave £625,000 to a fashion student days before the EU referendum". The Independent. 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ↑ "Brexit campaigner Grimes to challenge fine". 2018-07-25. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ↑ Frazer, Jenni. "New Jewish YouTube channel J-TV launches from the UK". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ↑ Twitter, Freddy Mayhew (2018-07-25). "Guido Fawkes hires young Vote Leave talent and looks to boost video output on political blog site". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ↑ "I'm an 18-year-old Brexiteer, so what? Stop making me feel like a racist dinosaur. Like many others who voted, I'm not". The Sun. 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Turning Point's UK launch beset by memes". The Daily Dot. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ↑ Waters, Lowenna (5 February 2019). "Turning Point's UK Twitter launch has gotten off to an exceedingly bad start". The Independent. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ↑ Brown, David (2019-02-06). "Right-wing student leader Charlie Kirk will tour UK universities". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
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