Mont Pelerin Society

The Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) Background The Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) was created in 1947 by the free market economist and philosopher Friedrich von Hayek and advocates “classical liberalism,” an ideology classified by small government and minimal regulation of business. It was named after the location of the group’s first meeting in Switzerland, and the […]

Jim Lakely

Jim Lakely Credentials Background Jim Lakely is the director of communications at the Heartland Institute. According to his Heartland profile before joining the institute, Lakely worked for 16 years as a journalist covering events on Capitol Hill. Lakely was a member of the White House Press Corps for The Washington Times during the George W. […]

Isaac Orr

Isaac Orr Credentials Background Isaac Orr is a former research fellow for energy and environment policy at the Heartland Institute. He currently works as a policy fellow at the Center of the American Experiment. According to his Heartland profile, Orr specializes in writing, researching, and speaking on “hydraulic fracturing, frac sand mining, agricultural, and environmental […]

Oil and Gas Climate Initiative

The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) Background The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) is a coalition of major oil and gas companies created to promote a climate-friendly image for some of the world’s largest polluters. Established in 2014, the OGCI claims to be “committed to the direction set out by the Paris Agreement on climate […]

University of Buckingham

University of Buckingham Background The University of Buckingham is the UK’s first private university. Founded in 1973, the university was closely linked to the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the UK education secretary at the time. After retiring from politics, Thatcher was the university’s chancellor from 1992 until 1998.1 “History of the University,” The […]

Peter Lilley

Peter Lilley Credentials Background Lord Peter Lilley is a former British Conservative Party MP and until April 2020, sat on the Board of Trustees of the UK climate science denying thinktank the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). 2“Board of Trustees,” Global Warming Policy Foundation. Archived […]

Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage Credentials Background Nigel Farage is the leader of Reform UK and an MP for the party in Clacton-on-Sea, having been elected in the July 2024 […]

Neil Record

Credentials Background Neil Record is Chairman of Net Zero Watch (formerly the Global Warming Policy Forum), the campaign arm of the UK’s principal climate science denial organisation, the Global Warming Policy Foundation. Record was also the Chairman of the Institute of Economic Affairs until July 2023, a […]

Michael Gove

Photo: Wikimedia Commons | CC3.0 Michael Gove Credentials Background Michael Gove is the editor of The Spectator since September 2024 and was the Conservative MP for Surrey Heath between 2005-2024, having announced he would […]

Matthew Elliott

Matthew Elliott Credentials Background Matthew Elliott is the founder and former chief executive of the Taxpayers’ Alliance, a British lobby group which campaigns for a low tax society. Elliot founded the group in 2004 with his wife Florence Heath, a former petroleum geologist.1“Matthew Elliott,” Brexit Central. Archived December 7, 2018. Archived .pdf on file at […]