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'''Turning Point UK''' ('''TPUK''') is a British |
'''Turning Point UK''' ('''TPUK''') is a British branch of [[Turning Point USA]]<ref name="independent-dearden">{{cite news |access-date=2 February 2019 |title=Tory MPs voice support for new UK branch of 'sinister' right-wing US group |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/turning-point-uk-jacob-rees-mogg-conservative-right-wing-group-launch-tory-a8762351.html |date=4 February 2019 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817003738/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/turning-point-uk-jacob-rees-mogg-conservative-right-wing-group-launch-tory-a8762351.html |archive-date=17 August 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> established to promote [[right-wing politics]] in UK schools, colleges and universities, with the aim of countering radical [[left-wing politics]] of UK educational institutions.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=5 February 2019 |title=Turning Point UK May Make Politics On Campus More Bitter And Polarised Than Ever Before |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/turning-point-uk_uk_5c5610dce4b023e1bae3de0e |date=5 February 2019 |website=[[HuffPost]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207072323/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/turning-point-uk_uk_5c5610dce4b023e1bae3de0e |archive-date=7 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="newstatesman">{{cite web |access-date=4 February 2019 |title=The UK launch of right-wing youth group Turning Point is going about as well as expected |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2019/02/turning-point-uks-launch-memes-going-brilliantly-bad-you-expected |work=[[New Statesman]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219174830/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2019/02/turning-point-uks-launch-memes-going-brilliantly-bad-you-expected |archive-date=19 February 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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The group’s objectives are to promote "the values of free markets, limited government and personal responsibility". It does this to counter "a dogmatic left-wing political climate, education system and radical Labour Party" which, Turning Point UK see as, "sympathises with terrorists [and] wishes to disarm the nation".<ref name="TPUKabout">{{cite web |title=About - Turning Point UK|url=https://tpointuk.co.uk/about/ |archive-date=11 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511101938/https://tpointuk.co.uk/about/|url-status=live|publisher=Media & Activism Ltd|location=Borehamwood|website=Turning Point UK}}</ref> |
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The group was launched in December 2018<ref name="cherwell-merwe"/> by [[Charlie Kirk]], founder of Turning Point USA, and [[Candace Owens]], then the communications director of the US group,<ref name=dailydot/> at the [[Royal Automobile Club]] in London.<ref name="cherwell-merwe"/> On the day of its social media launch in February 2019, [[Conservative Party (UK)|Tory]] MPs including [[Jacob Rees-Mogg]] and [[Priti Patel]] tweeted supportive messages for the group.<ref name="guardian-walker"/><ref name="thinkprogress" |
The group was launched in December 2018<ref name="cherwell-merwe"/> by [[Charlie Kirk]], founder of Turning Point USA, and [[Candace Owens]], then the communications director of the US group,<ref name=dailydot/> at the [[Royal Automobile Club]] in London.<ref name="cherwell-merwe"/> On the day of its social media launch in February 2019, [[Conservative Party (UK)|Tory]] MPs including [[Jacob Rees-Mogg]] and [[Priti Patel]] tweeted supportive messages for the group.<ref name="guardian-walker">{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Peter |date=4 February 2019 |title=Tory MPs back youth group with apparent links to US far right |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/04/tory-mps-back-rightwing-youth-group-turning-point-uk |url-status=live |access-date=4 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214220058/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/04/tory-mps-back-rightwing-youth-group-turning-point-uk |archive-date=14 February 2019 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name="thinkprogress">{{cite web |last=Barnes |first=Luke |date=4 February 2019 |title=''Turning Point USA launches British chapter to rocky reception'' |url=https://thinkprogress.org/pro-trump-student-group-turning-point-usa-is-branching-out-to-the-uk-5d6abe71384c/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208091538/https://thinkprogress.org/pro-trump-student-group-turning-point-usa-is-branching-out-to-the-uk-5d6abe71384c/ |archive-date=8 February 2019 |access-date=5 February 2019 |work=[[ThinkProgress]]}}</ref> |
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From its inception, the organisation and its leading members were the subject of widespread popular ridicule. It was described by the [[BBC]] as "a tsunami of online mockery".<ref name=MainBBC19/><ref name=Wired19/> |
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According to the [[Oxford University]] newspaper ''[[Cherwell (newspaper)|Cherwell]]'' in early 2019, the group "claims to already have chapters at eight universities". The group's then chairman George Farmer told the paper they had chapters at the universities of [[University of Sussex|Sussex]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], [[University of St Andrews|St Andrews]], [[University of York|York]], [[University of Warwick|Warwick]], [[University of Nottingham|Nottingham]], [[King's College London]], [[University College London]], the [[London School of Economics]] and the [[University of the Arts London]].<ref name="cherwell-merwe" /> Like Turning Point USA, it does not disclose the identities of its donors.<ref name="cherwell-merwe" /> |
According to the [[Oxford University]] newspaper ''[[Cherwell (newspaper)|Cherwell]]'' in early 2019, the group "claims to already have chapters at eight universities". The group's then chairman George Farmer told the paper they had chapters at the universities of [[University of Sussex|Sussex]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], [[University of St Andrews|St Andrews]], [[University of York|York]], [[University of Warwick|Warwick]], [[University of Nottingham|Nottingham]], [[King's College London]], [[University College London]], the [[London School of Economics]] and the [[University of the Arts London]].<ref name="cherwell-merwe" /> Like Turning Point USA, it does not disclose the identities of its donors.<ref name="cherwell-merwe" /> |
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The group was launched in December 2018<ref name="cherwell-merwe" /> by [[Charlie Kirk]], the founder of Turning Point USA, and [[Candace Owens]], then the communications director of the US group,<ref name="dailydot">{{cite web |access-date=5 February 2019 |title=Turning Point's UK launch beset by memes |url=https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/turning-point-uk-memes/ |date=4 February 2019 |website=[[The Daily Dot]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015000/https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/turning-point-uk-memes/ |archive-date=7 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> at the [[Royal Automobile Club]] in London.<ref name="cherwell-merwe" /> Among those attending the event were [[Andy Wigmore]], [[Paul Joseph Watson]], and [[James Delingpole]].<ref name="cherwell-merwe" /> |
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The group was launched in December 2018<ref name="cherwell-merwe" /> by [[Charlie Kirk]], the founder of Turning Point USA, and [[Candace Owens]], then the communications director of the US group,<ref name="dailydot">{{cite web |access-date=5 February 2019 |title=Turning Point's UK launch beset by memes |url=https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/turning-point-uk-memes/ |date=4 February 2019 |website=[[The Daily Dot]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015000/https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/turning-point-uk-memes/ |archive-date=7 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> at the [[Royal Automobile Club]] in London.<ref name="cherwell-merwe" /> Among those attending the event were [[Andy Wigmore]], [[Paul Joseph Watson]], and [[James Delingpole]].<ref name="cherwell-merwe" /> On the day of its social media launch in February 2019, MPs including [[Jacob Rees-Mogg]] and [[Priti Patel]] tweeted supportive messages for the organisation, as did [[Nigel Farage]]<ref name="guardian-walker">{{cite news|last1=Walker|first1=Peter|date=4 February 2019|title=Tory MPs back youth group with apparent links to US far right|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/04/tory-mps-back-rightwing-youth-group-turning-point-uk|url-status=live|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214220058/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/04/tory-mps-back-rightwing-youth-group-turning-point-uk|archive-date=14 February 2019|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> while it was marked for criticism by others.<ref name="thinkprogress">{{cite web |last=Barnes |first=Luke |title=''Turning Point USA launches British chapter to rocky reception'' |url=https://thinkprogress.org/pro-trump-student-group-turning-point-usa-is-branching-out-to-the-uk-5d6abe71384c/ |date=4 February 2019 |work=[[ThinkProgress]] |access-date=5 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208091538/https://thinkprogress.org/pro-trump-student-group-turning-point-usa-is-branching-out-to-the-uk-5d6abe71384c/ |archive-date=8 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> From its inception, the organisation and its leading members were the subject of widespread popular ridicule on the social networking service [[Twitter]]. The ridicule continued for at least a week. It was described by the [[BBC]] as "a tsunami of online mockery".<ref name=MainBBC19/><ref name=Wired19>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/how-an-army-of-fakes-took-on-rightwing-organisation-turning-point-uk|title = How an army of farcical fakes ruined Turning Point UK's big day|magazine = Wired UK}}</ref> The launch of its Twitter account was accompanied by multiple parody accounts, along with a parody of the organisation's website created by a 'left-leaning student' calling himself 'Skeptical Seventh'.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indy100.com/article/turning-point-uk-right-wing-conservative-twitter-charlie-kirk-8762621 |work=The Independent |title=Turning Point's UK Twitter launch has gotten off to an exceedingly bad start |first=Lowenna |last=Waters |date=5 February 2019 |access-date=6 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020659/https://www.indy100.com/article/turning-point-uk-right-wing-conservative-twitter-charlie-kirk-8762621 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first=Gian |last=Volpicelli |title=How an army of farcical fakes ruined Turning Point UK's big day |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/how-an-army-of-fakes-took-on-rightwing-organisation-turning-point-uk |magazine=[[Wired UK]] |date=6 February 2019 |access-date=7 February 2019 |issn=1357-0978 |via=www.wired.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124116/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/how-an-army-of-fakes-took-on-rightwing-organisation-turning-point-uk |archive-date=9 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> There was also a protest from the charity [[Turning Point (charity)|Turning Point]] over potential confusion caused by similarities between the two names.<ref name=MainBBC19>{{cite news |title=The battle over Britain's newest student movement |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-47159137 |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=BBC News |date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213043118/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-47159137 |archive-date=13 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Labour MP [[David Lammy]] described Turning Point UK as evidence that "sinister forces are taking hold of our country" and that the Conservative Party "openly promotes hard-right, xenophobic bile".<ref name=Brown19>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/right-wing-student-leader-charlie-kirk-will-tour-uk-universities-h223d32rd |title=Right-wing student leader Charlie Kirk will tour UK universities |last=Brown |first=David |date=6 February 2019 |work=[[The Times]] |access-date=6 February 2019 |language=en |issn=0140-0460 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020094754/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/right-wing-student-leader-charlie-kirk-will-tour-uk-universities-h223d32rd |archive-date=20 October 2019 |url-status=live}}{{paywall}}</ref> The scholar [[Chris Allen (academic)|Chris Allen]] has said that while the group is linked to the far-right Turning Point USA, the UK group did not fit traditional conceptions of the [[far-right]]. Allen notes the group's closely similar rhetoric and demographic to [[Identitarian movement|Generation Identity]], whose intentions are racist and [[Islamophobia|Islamophobic]].<ref name=AlCuko19>{{cite web |website=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]]|last1=Allen|first1=Chris|last2=Cuko|first2=Ilda|author-link1=Chris Allen (academic)|url= https://theconversation.com/turning-point-uk-new-conservative-youth-group-doesnt-fit-traditional-understandings-of-the-far-right-111669|date=14 February 2019|title=Turning Point UK: new conservative youth group doesn't fit traditional understandings of the far right |location=London}}</ref> |
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Dominique Samuels, one of the group's "Young Influencers", told the [[BBC]] during a radio interview that the UK branch would not set up the |
Dominique Samuels, one of the group's "Young Influencers", told the [[BBC]] during a radio interview that the UK branch would not set up the [[Professor Watchlist]] for which its US counterpart is known.<ref name="MainBBC19">{{cite news |date=9 February 2019 |title=The battle over Britain's newest student movement |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-47159137 |url-status=live |access-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213043118/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-47159137 |archive-date=13 February 2019}}</ref> The group hosts the ''TPUK Education Watch'' website, where students can submit examples of political bias in the education system. |
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== References == |
== References == |
Revision as of 14:46, 1 June 2023
Abbreviation | TPointUK |
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Formation | 1 February 2019 |
Type | Nonprofit organisation |
Region served | United Kingdom |
President | Marco Longhi |
Website | tpointuk |
Turning Point UK (TPUK) is a British branch of Turning Point USA[1] established to promote right-wing politics in UK schools, colleges and universities, with the aim of countering radical left-wing politics of UK educational institutions.[2][3]
The group’s objectives are to promote "the values of free markets, limited government and personal responsibility". It does this to counter "a dogmatic left-wing political climate, education system and radical Labour Party" which, Turning Point UK see as, "sympathises with terrorists [and] wishes to disarm the nation".[4]
The group was launched in December 2018[5] by Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, and Candace Owens, then the communications director of the US group,[6] at the Royal Automobile Club in London.[5] On the day of its social media launch in February 2019, Tory MPs including Jacob Rees-Mogg and Priti Patel tweeted supportive messages for the group.[7][8]
Overview
Turning Point UK's chairman was George Farmer[8] until April 2019, and its CEO was Ollie Anisfeld until 2021 (the son of Lance Forman, former Brexit Party MEP for London).[9] The group employs several staff.[5]
The Chief Operating Officer until November 2021 was Jack Ross, who also co-directs Reasoned with right wing activist Darren Grimes.[10] in 2021, Nick Tenconi tweeted that he had taken over as COO.[11][better source needed]
According to the Oxford University newspaper Cherwell in early 2019, the group "claims to already have chapters at eight universities". The group's then chairman George Farmer told the paper they had chapters at the universities of Sussex, Oxford, St Andrews, York, Warwick, Nottingham, King's College London, University College London, the London School of Economics and the University of the Arts London.[5] Like Turning Point USA, it does not disclose the identities of its donors.[5]
The group was launched in December 2018[5] by Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, and Candace Owens, then the communications director of the US group,[6] at the Royal Automobile Club in London.[5] Among those attending the event were Andy Wigmore, Paul Joseph Watson, and James Delingpole.[5]
Dominique Samuels, one of the group's "Young Influencers", told the BBC during a radio interview that the UK branch would not set up the Professor Watchlist for which its US counterpart is known.[12] The group hosts the TPUK Education Watch website, where students can submit examples of political bias in the education system.
References
- ^ "Tory MPs voice support for new UK branch of 'sinister' right-wing US group". The Independent. 4 February 2019. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Turning Point UK May Make Politics On Campus More Bitter And Polarised Than Ever Before". HuffPost. 5 February 2019. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ "The UK launch of right-wing youth group Turning Point is going about as well as expected". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "About - Turning Point UK". Turning Point UK. Borehamwood: Media & Activism Ltd. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h van der Merwe, Ben (28 January 2019). "Right-wing dark money comes to Oxford student politics". Cherwell. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Turning Point's UK launch beset by memes". The Daily Dot. 4 February 2019. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ Walker, Peter (4 February 2019). "Tory MPs back youth group with apparent links to US far right". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ a b Barnes, Luke (4 February 2019). "Turning Point USA launches British chapter to rocky reception". ThinkProgress. Archived from the original on 8 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ Dearden, Lizzie (4 February 2019). "Turning Point UK: Jacob Rees-Mogg and Tory MPs support new branch of 'sinister' right-wing US group". The Independent. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Jack Ross".
- ^ https://twitter.com/nicktenconi/status/1458066992980762627?s=46&t=cySJvAqcIrT0woPTxIMgOg
- ^ "The battle over Britain's newest student movement". BBC News. 9 February 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.