Jolyon is almost losing faster than he can start soliciting donations for new campaigns. After failing against the IEA, GambleAware, Wes Streeting, and the previous government so far this year, the fox-beater has taken another shocking defeat. This time it’s against the Global Warming Policy Foundation…

The Good Law Project teamed up with crank MPs Layla Moran, Clive Lewis, and Caroline Lucas in October 2022 to complain to the Charity Commission that the Foundation “flies in the face of rules that state the outputs from educational charities must be ‘balanced and neutral’” and is funding its trading subsidiary, Net Zero Watch. Jolyon spent months complaining that the Charity Commission was “sitting on its hands” by not investigating his complaints. He must be happy now that they’ve all been dismissed…

The Charity Commission says it “examined how the charity ensures its output meets appropriately rigorous standards of objective analysis and factual research to support the conclusions being presented” and is satisfied, all while finding no evidence to support the claim that “the charity was financially supporting Net Zero Watch and that it had consistently operated at a loss.” It also notes that Net Zero Watch doesn’t as a matter of policy accept donations from the energy industry or anyone with a significant interest in it. Not that it’s a legal requirement…

GWPF Chairman Dr Jerome Booth says:

“There are those who employ moral reasoning with little respect for opposing views. Sometimes they employ heavy handed means to shut down debate and persecute and attack anyone with whom they disagree… We welcome the Commission’s findings and will continue to pursue our charitable objectives.”

Another notch on Jolyon’s belt. Talk about blowing hot air…