Labour Refuses to Say How Much Cash ‘Peace Organisation’ Founded by Jonathan Powell Receives From Taxpayers – Guido Fawkes

Labour Refuses to Say How Much Cash ‘Peace Organisation’ Founded by Jonathan Powell Receives From Taxpayers

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If you found yourself in the office of controversial Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa, it’s said that just down the corridor is another room containing staff from a curious UK-based charity and company founded by none other than Jonathan Powell, Starmer’s National Security Adviser. Powell, the architect of the Chagos disaster and former Chief of Staff to Tony Blair, founded Inter Mediate in 2011. It still touts Powell on its website, despite the Blairite bag carrier having long-since moved back into government at the highest level as NSA…

The charity said on Powell’s appointment: “Jonathan has left a remarkable legacy that Inter Mediate will now take forward.” The organisation is funded by British taxpayers. As a recent parliamentary answer states:

“The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office funds a number of different civil society and non-governmental organisations for our mediation and conflict resolution work, including Inter Mediate. We have partnered with Inter Mediate for over 10 years to advance peace efforts in conflicts around the globe. Funding of Inter Mediate began under the previous government. We do not disclose details of the individual projects funded.”

The organisations’ entry on the Charity Commission register for the most recent financial year, however, states: “total income includes £887,553 from 3 government grant(s).” Odd that Labour would not provide a figure to parliament, then…

Powell is currently topping up his government experience working on the Ukraine and Chagos files. If he moves back to Inter Mediate, will Rayner’s ethics commission be taking a look?