Oil Lobbyists, Anti-Abortion Groups, and Tech Giants Flock to Reform Conference

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/climate@slrpnk.net/p/2350268/oil-lobbyists-anti-abortion-groups-and-tech-giants-flock-to-reform-conference

Nigel Farage’s party is welcoming polluting interests and radical pressure groups to its annual gathering. > > Corporate titans including Google, Meta, and TikTok will be appearing at Reform UK’s annual conference this week, rubbing shoulders with fossil fuel interests, far-right politicians, and Christian rights groups. > > The conference, designed to showcase the party’s policies and politicians, will be attended by figures from some of the world’s biggest tech companies – several of which have donated to funds and projects associated with U.S. President Donald Trump. > > They will be joined by the likes of Fuels Industry UK, a trade group for the oil sector which counts BP, Shell, and ExxonMobil among its six members. Reform, whose senior figures frequently deny climate science, advocates for the dramatic expansion of fossil fuel production in the UK. > > It’s no wonder Reform is slumping to third in the polls