Roger Spooner (scientist)
Co-founder and trustee of the Britain Palestine Project (formerly the Balfour Project)
| Roger Spooner
| |
|---|---|
| Residence | Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Immunogeneticist (retired) |
| Known for | Co-founding the Balfour Project (Britain Palestine Project) |
| Spouse(s) | Monica Spooner |
Roger Spooner OBE is a retired immunogeneticist who co-founded the Balfour Project, now the Britain Palestine Project, with his wife Monica Spooner in 2011. He has been a trustee throughout its time as a registered charity.[1][2]
Career
The charity's website says he "had an academic career in immunogenetics", edited the journal Animal Genetics, was appointed OBE "for services to animal breeding research" and "chaired British-Arab Exchanges for 12 years".[1] An earlier version adds that "it was not until 2008 that he first learnt about Britain's contradictory promises relating to Palestine", and that he designed and managed the project's website.[3]
Balfour Project
He was on the project's Steering Group in 2013, listed as "Professor Roger L Spooner OBE, Scientist".[4] He is a trustee in every trustee list found: the 2019-20 report, the April 2022 trustees page, the 2023-24 report ("Professor Roger Spooner"), and the 2024-25 report ("Professor R Spooner OBE"). He is also listed on the Scottish Charity Register.[5][6][7][8][2] The charity's registered address, 30 South Oswald Road, Edinburgh, EH9 2HG, is described on the register as a trustee address.[2] Monica Spooner gave the same address as a director of the Oxford Group.[9]
His second term as a trustee began on 4 May 2021, according to the reports for 2021-22 and 2022-23.[10][11]
Companies House
No Companies House appointment was found that can be safely matched to him. A Roger Ian William Spooner, born January 1972, is a director and secretary of Penfriend Limited (SC200090) at 30 South Oswald Road. The birth year rules him out as the co-founder.
In Palestine Declassified
In episode 72 of Press TV's Palestine Declassified (10 June 2023), guest Eurig Scandrett said he knew "Monica and Roger Spooner who are retired academics and devout Christians" (07:12). David Miller relayed an unnamed woman's account that "one of the Spooners" stopped her taking a Palestinian flag into a 2019 event at the University of Edinburgh (18:40–19:25). See Monica Spooner.[12]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Britain Palestine Project, Trustees Britain Palestine Project, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Britain Palestine Project (SC047090) Scottish Charity Register, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Balfour Project, Trustees Balfour Project, archived by the Internet Archive on 15 May 2023, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Balfour Project, About The Balfour Project, archived by the Internet Archive on 1 August 2013, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Balfour Project, Trustees' Annual Report & Financial Statements, 1st February 2019 – 31st January 2020, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Balfour Project, Patrons & Trustees Balfour Project, archived by the Internet Archive on 5 April 2022, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Balfour Project, Trustees' Annual Report and Financial Statements, 1st February 2023 to 31st July 2024, signed 12 April 2025, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Britain Palestine Project, Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 2025, filed with OSCR 30 March 2026, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Companies House, Monica Anne SPOONER: appointments Companies House, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Balfour Project, Trustees' Annual Report & Financial Statement, 1 February 2021 – 31 January 2022, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Balfour Project, Trustees' Annual Report & Financial Statement, 1 February 2022 – 31 January 2023, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Press TV, The Balfour project of normalization Palestine Declassified, episode 72, first aired 10 June 2023; video also at Rumble. Presented by Chris Williamson with David Miller and guest Eurig Scandrett. Timestamps refer to the broadcast, accessed 21 October 2026.