Documents published on US embassy’s website prompt claims of attempt to export Maga propaganda to UK

The US embassy in London is offering grants of up to half a million dollars for new “public education” programmes in what has been criticised as interference in British domestic politics.

Using language that the pro-Trump Maga movement has sought to appropriate, a funding notice identifies a goal of fostering a “national conversation” about “shared civilizational values” underpinning US-UK ties. Priority will go to applicants aiming to celebrate “freedom of speech” and “limited government”.

It comes after senior Trump officials voiced sharp criticism of British authorities and repeated misinformation on a range of fronts including abortion and digital regulation, and allied with European far-right movements in attacks on hate speech and immigration policies.

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[–] 16 points 3 months ago

US meddling in other countries, this can't be, right? Right?

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Time to see if burnham at least says something or if he's just as spineless as keir and sweeps it under the rug.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Crazy that the fascists are still pretending to be for limited government

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    The US meddles in UK politics all the time. Well, if you consider Elon Musk to be American, and his race-baiting shit-stirring to be meddling ...

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Which is insane because they keep defunding our actual public education...

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    [–] 10 points 3 months ago

    Accused of? US clearly and flagrantly meddling in UK politics

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    It comes after senior Trump officials voiced sharp criticism of British authorities and repeated misinformation on a range of fronts including abortion and digital regulation, and allied with European far-right movements in attacks on hate speech and immigration policies.

    The grants appear to be separate from other grants of $12m which the US state department is planning to allocate to organisations in the UK founded by the prominent Conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young.

    Those intended grants, revealed in US government documents leaked to the Guardian, are part of a package of support for European groups viewed favourably by the Trump administration.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Has anyone noticed how many Americans work in and around Westminster? How many hold leading academic and influential lobbying positions in the UK? This is nothing new.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    One does note that this article is in The Guardian, a British newspaper that constantly involves itself in American politics. Sure, there are a variety of people who write for The Guardian, but...okay, one of the authors on this article is Aisha Down. She's in London, and she's got articles this month like "Experts cast doubt on Trump and DHS chief's claim 250,000 noncitizens are registered to vote in four US states".

    Like...you can call for a political firewall across the Atlantic, and maybe it'd even be a good idea, but I don't find it to be nearly as convincing if that call is coming from someone who clearly does not themselves maintain a firewall.

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