Britain’s Labour Party has defended the decision to accept donations from the backer of Just Stop Oil, arguing that it doesn’t affect the party’s views on the activist group.
Shadow international trade secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said Labour had been “extremely clear on our views on Just Stop Oil,” a group that is campaigning to halt new licences for the exploration of oil and other fossil fuels in the UK.
Green energy entrepreneur Dale Vince is “a perfectly legitimate person to take money from,” Thomas-Symonds told BBC Radio 4’s “Today” programme.
“If he wishes to give money to other causes that’s up to him but it can hardly be said that this affects our views as a Labour Party on Just Stop Oil,” he added….