Terence Mordaunt - Revision history

Melissa Jones: /* Family links */

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Family links

Melissa Jones at 04:03, 24 July 2019

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Melissa Jones: /* External resources */

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External resources

Melissa Jones at 03:51, 24 July 2019

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Melissa Jones at 03:49, 24 July 2019

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Melissa Jones: /* Joins board of climate sceptic think tank */

2019-07-24T03:48:47Z

Joins board of climate sceptic think tank

Melissa Jones at 03:43, 24 July 2019

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Melissa Jones: /* Top Brexit 'leave' donor */

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Top Brexit 'leave' donor

Melissa Jones at 05:28, 9 February 2018

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 ==Family links==
-Mordaunt is a family relative of UK defence secretary [[Penny Mordaunt]].
+Mordaunt is a family relative of UK defence secretary [[Penny Mordaunt]].<ref>Peter Geoghegan, [https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/revealed-climate-change-denier-makes-big-donation-boris-johnson-and-jeremy-hunt/ Revealed: Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt], OpenDemocracy, 12 June 2019</ref>
 ==External resources==

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 ==Top Brexit 'leave' donor==
 {{Template:Brexit badge}}According to ''Business Insider'', the pair have given over £640,000 to the [[Conservative Party]]  since 2001. The ''Sunday Times'' listed Mordaunt as one of the top 21 pro-Brexit donors.<ref> Adam Payne and Will Martin, [http://www.businessinsider.com/twenty-one-biggest-donors-to-the-leave-brexit-campaign-2017-5/?r=UK&IR=T/#21-tessa-keswick-20000-1 The 21 biggest donors to the Brexit campaign], ''Business Insider'', 9 May 2017.</ref>
 ==Joins board of climate sceptic think tank==

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 ==External resources==
-*Bristol Cable
+* Alec Saelens, Adam Cantwell-Corn and Alon Aviram, [https://thebristolcable.org/2016/05/exclusive-fracking-risks-hidden-by-mayor-from-councillors-and-public/ Exclusive: Fracking risks hidden by Mayor from Councillors and public], Bristol Cable, 3 May, 2016
 ==Notes==
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 In April 2017 Mordaunt joined the board of the  [[Global Warming Policy Foundation]] (GWPF) think tank run by [[Nigel Lawson]]. Other board members include British businessmen [[Edward Atkin]] CBE and [[Neil Record]]. <ref>GWPF, [https://www.thegwpf.com/terence-mordaunt-joins-gwpf-board-of-directors/ TERENCE MORDAUNT JOINS GWPF BOARD OF DIRECTORS], Press release, 4 April 2017 </ref>
-Asked in 2019 about his involvement with the organisation, Mordaunt told openDemocracy that the Global Warming Policy Foundation “gets a lot of stick” but “does a lot of good work”.
+Asked in 2019 about his involvement with the organisation, Mordaunt said the Global Warming Policy Foundation “gets a lot of stick” but “does a lot of good work”. He told openDemocracy that:
-:“No one has proved yet that carbon dioxide is the culprit (of climate change). It may not be. If you ask me should we just put carbon dioxide in the air I would say ‘no’. And that is the stance of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. It is a credible theory,” Mordaunt said.
+:'No one has proved yet that carbon dioxide is the culprit (of climate change). It may not be. If you ask me should we just put carbon dioxide in the air I would say ‘no’. And that is the stance of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. It is a credible theory,” Mordaunt said.
-:Asked if he would like to see the UK government change its policy on climate change, he said: “There is one thing for certain. Electricity bills are about 20 per cent higher than they would be…I worry about electricity costs, particularly for the port.”
+:Asked if he would like to see the UK government change its policy on climate change, he said: “There is one thing for certain. Electricity bills are about 20 per cent higher than they would be…I worry about electricity costs, particularly for the port".'
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 ==Family links==
 Mordaunt is a family relative of UK defence secretary [[Penny Mordaunt]].
 ==External resources==

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	==Joins board of climate sceptic think tank==		==Joins board of climate sceptic think tank==
	In April 2017 Mordaunt joined the board of the [[Global Warming Policy Foundation]] (GWPF) think tank run by [[Nigel Lawson]]. Other board members include British businessmen [[Edward Atkin]] CBE and [[Neil Record]]. <ref>GWPF, [https://www.thegwpf.com/terence-mordaunt-joins-gwpf-board-of-directors/ TERENCE MORDAUNT JOINS GWPF BOARD OF DIRECTORS], Press release, 4 April 2017 </ref>		In April 2017 Mordaunt joined the board of the [[Global Warming Policy Foundation]] (GWPF) think tank run by [[Nigel Lawson]]. Other board members include British businessmen [[Edward Atkin]] CBE and [[Neil Record]]. <ref>GWPF, [https://www.thegwpf.com/terence-mordaunt-joins-gwpf-board-of-directors/ TERENCE MORDAUNT JOINS GWPF BOARD OF DIRECTORS], Press release, 4 April 2017 </ref>
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		+	==Family links==
		+	Mordaunt is a family relative of UK defence secretary [[Penny Mordaunt]].

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 He and businessman [[David Ord]] bought the Port of Bristol from [[Bristol City Council]] in 1991.
-According to ''Business Insider'', the pair have given over £640,000 to the [[Conservative Party]]  since 2001.  It listed Mordaunt as one of the top 21 pro-Brexit donors, as also listed by the Sunday Times. <ref> Adam Payne and Will Martin, [http://www.businessinsider.com/twenty-one-biggest-donors-to-the-leave-brexit-campaign-2017-5/?r=UK&IR=T/#21-tessa-keswick-20000-1 The 21 biggest donors to the Brexit campaign], ''Business Insider'', 9 May 2017, </ref>
+==Top Brexit 'leave' donor==
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-'''Terence Mordaunt''' is co-owner of the cargo handling business [[Bristol Port Company]] alongside [[David Ord]]. They bought the Port of Bristol from [[Bristol City Council]] in 1991.
+'''Terence Mordaunt''' is co-owner of the cargo handling business [[Bristol Port Company]].
-According to ''Business Insider'', the pair have given over £640,000 to the Tory party since 2001.  It listed Mordaunt as one of the top 21 pro-Brexit donors, as also listed by the Sunday Times. <ref> Adam Payne and Will Martin, [http://www.businessinsider.com/twenty-one-biggest-donors-to-the-leave-brexit-campaign-2017-5/?r=UK&IR=T/#21-tessa-keswick-20000-1 The 21 biggest donors to the Brexit campaign], ''Business Insider'', 9 May 2017, </ref>
+He and businessman [[David Ord]] bought the Port of Bristol from [[Bristol City Council]] in 1991.
 ==Joins board of climate sceptic think tank==