r/unitedkingdom • u/qwerty_1965 • 20h ago

... Nigel Farage says charities that help asylum seekers reach UK should be prosecuted

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/14/nigel-farage-charities-help-asylum-seekers-uk-prosecute
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u/iamezekiel1_14 18h ago

Could we also have do the same to think tanks masquerading as charities please for the sake of fairness? Yes I am looking at you IEA and then we go to 260m round the corner to 55 Tufton Street.

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u/Questionable_choi1ce 18h ago

What crime have they committed?

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u/iamezekiel1_14 18h ago

They masquerade as an educational charity to get tax breaks whilst being funded by some of the richest people on earth and richest companies on earth. Why should the 99% be subsidising that shit?

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u/Questionable_choi1ce 18h ago

The IEA’s charitable status is based on the claim that it does the below. How are you proving that it’s not doing these things?

- Research – conducting research and publishing books, papers, and briefings.
Ÿ - Education – organising events, seminars, and conferences – many of them for students
Ÿ - International – establishing partnerships with think tanks, mainly in Europe, Africa, and Asia
Ÿ - Communicating and distributing our work through traditional and digital media.

The first two organisations I found listed at tufton street are not registered as charities so are there any in particular you’re referring to?

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u/iamezekiel1_14 17h ago

The Adam Smith Institute which like the IEA is also Atlas Network and is also within a couple of hundred meters of 55 Tufton Street was litterally reported to the Charities Comission in 2018 as people are starting to see how the Atlas Network operates its Think Tanks in this respect could be considered somewhat dubious. Matter of time until someone gets sonething to stick as they all broadly operate under the same approach. The fact that they are all supposed to be independent from other entities but are all sheltered by the Atlas Network (the IEA was patient zero in 1955) is one point and then there is the political campaigning point - lets not pretend the Tories or Reform haven't done speeches from there. They tread a very fine line which usually sits in a world of grey by design. Sooner or later that runs out.

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u/Questionable_choi1ce 16h ago

None of that remotely proves they aren’t fulfilling their stated activities which the charities commission demonstrably considers charitable. You can’t prosecute people because you don’t like their economic views.