The National Trust has been the subject of a Culture War backed by the likes of Farage and Rees Mogg for a while now. There is an organisation, Restore, in fact like Reform UK, a company, that perpetually tries to get members elected to the Trust’s governing body and challenge policy.
At the recent annual meeting in Newcastle it once again failed totally.
Meanwhile William Sitwell, the Telegraph’s restaurant critic and fanatical anti-vegan has written a piece criticising a motion passed at Newcastle which said NT cafes should look to sell more plant based food. This of course is line with the Trust’s climate change policies.
It did not suggest that any cafe should become vegan or indeed dictate any change to the recipe for scones. The scones have long been an obsession of the Restore mob and Sitwell quotes someone who thinks the scones are ‘woke’
It being the Telegraph its all about marxists and communists taking over the NT. We should be thankful rather that the assorted far right loons and cranks who have been trying to undermine it for years are still not getting anywhere
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/hijacked-lunatics-national-trust-initiative-060000010.html
Always disliked Sitwell – the aura of snooty superiority he adopts whenever hes on masterchef never fails to annoy me. Thx for making me dislike yet more justifiable 🙂