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US embassy offers $500,000 grants for ‘public education’ courses in UK
US embassy offers $500,000 grants for ‘public education’ courses in UK
The US embassy in London has offered grants of up to $500,000 for 'public education' programmes, prompting accusations of meddling in British democracy. The scheme, titled 'Liberty Under Law: The Shared Anglo-American…
The Story in Brief
The US embassy in London has offered grants of up to $500,000 for 'public education' programmes, prompting accusations of meddling in British democracy. The scheme, titled 'Liberty Under Law: The Shared Anglo-American Tradition', prioritises projects promoting 'freedom of speech' and 'limited government'. Critics, including Liberal Democrat MP Lisa Smart, say the terminology mirrors the pro-Trump Maga movement and amounts to interference.
The Guardian reports that the grants are separate from a leaked $12 million State Department package for UK organisations founded by Conservative figures Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young. One US official alleged the programme aims to 'create UK-originated narratives to support Maga propaganda'. The notice says grants are not meant for partisan political activities or lobbying.
The Indian Opinion
Throwing $500,000 at British civil society to promote 'limited government' and 'trial by jury' is a clumsy attempt to export Maga talking points into a country with its own robust legal traditions. The Guardian's 'meddling' charge is not paranoia. The grants are part of a wider $12 million State Department push that favours British Conservative figures. The telling test will be whether any grant recipient advocates for American-style abortion restrictions or digital regulation. That would confirm the programme is less about 'shared Anglo-American tradition' and more about one party's culture war.
Source: livemint.com
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