US accused of meddling in British politics with $500,000 grant scheme promoting ‘shared values’

Accused of? US clearly and flagrantly meddling in UK politics

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.

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.

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.