GB News has been in the news for recruiting former prime minister Boris Johnson on a reported six-figure salary. He may not know or care about the beliefs of his new employers, but those concerned at the amount of fake news put out by the fossil-fuel lobby do, on top of the influence they have within government.
DeSmog deputy editor Sam Bright reports that cabinet ministers Michael Ghost – sorry, Gove – and Kemi Badenoch will be attending a special Halloween Ball, also known as the launch conference of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship.
ARC is the latest project of the Legatum Group, the Dubai-based investment firm that co-owns GB News, a major platform for climate science denial. As DeSmog has reported previously, ARC is packed with climate science deniers and politicians with links to fossil fuel interests, including former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, a director of the UK’s main climate science denial group, the Global Warming Policy Foundation.
With the pumpkin king himself, ARC frontman Jordan Peterson, set to promote the group at the O2 arena in London next week, the dark forces of climate denial are truly descending on the UK – and have their claws firmly in the government. Where’s an exorcist when you need one?
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