Soon enough, Jolyon will have lost more cases than he’s started. A week and a half ago, the Good Law Project announced they were challenging the Charity Commission over the Institute of Economic Affairs’ charity status due to its so-called “political campaigning and unbalanced educational research“. As I predicted, it’s fallen at the first hurdle…
The Charity Commission has rejected the Good Law Project’s demand to open a formal inquiry into the free market think tank, stating: “We have assessed the concerns raised and have not identified concerns that the charity is acting outside of its objects or the Commission’s published guidance.” It’s good news for the IEA, with their spokesperson saying:
“The IEA welcomes the Charity Commission’s rapid rejection of the Good Law Project’s vexatious complaint. This publicity stunt has backfired by reconfirming the IEA is acting consistently with our status as an educational charity. ”
This has to be a loss in record-breaking time for the fox beater…
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