Soon enough, Jolyon will have lost more cases than he’s started. A week and a half ago, the Good Law Project announced they were challenging the Charity Commission over the Institute of Economic Affairs’ charity status due to its so-called “political campaigning and unbalanced educational research“. As Guido predicted, it’s fallen at the first hurdle…

The Charity Commission has rejected the Good Law Project’s demand to open a formal inquiry into the free market think tank, stating: “We have assessed the concerns raised and have not identified concerns that the charity is acting outside of its objects or the Commission’s published guidance.” That’s not before his gullible donors coughed up £76,000 for the doomed cause…

The IEA’s spokesperson says:

“The IEA welcomes the Charity Commission’s rapid rejection of the Good Law Project’s vexatious complaint. This publicity stunt has backfired by reconfirming the IEA is acting consistently with our status as an educational charity. ” 

This has to be a loss in record-breaking time for the fox beater…