Reynolds Appoints Labour Donor, Anti-Brexit Campaigner, and Woke Warriors to Trade Board – Guido Fawkes

Reynolds Appoints Labour Donor, Anti-Brexit Campaigner, and Woke Warriors to Trade Board

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Back in October Labour let it be known that DBT’s ten-strong Board of Trade – which has advised at a senior level on trade policy and promoted trade with the UK since 2017 –  would have its membership axed. Reynolds was “planning to appoint a new group of members during the autumn.” Five months later a new board has finally been appointed…

Jonathan Reynolds’ new board has some interesting characters.

• Paul Lindley: The children’s welfare campaigner has donated £30,000 to Labour with £10,000 in 2023 and £20,000 in 2022. He’s also anti-Brexit, having campaigned to remain and described it as the “greatest threat to world economy.” Perfect Labour material there…
• Mike Hawes: The CEO of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and one of the “most vocal critics” of Brexit said it “is the clear and present danger” before changing his mind once Johnson agreed a Brexit deal and saying it provided “stability.” Facts change…
• Vivian Hunt: Hunt is a staple of Labour luvvie advisory boards having served on Sadiq Khan’s business advisory panel since 2016. She also sits alongside David Lammy on the board of trustees of the Black Equity Organisation which “aims to dismantle systemic racism” in the UK. Hunt recently served on the CBI’s panel when the government cut ties with it over allegations of sexual misconduct…
• Allison Kirkby: The BT Group CEO has been railing recently against the anti-woke turn in corporate culture. She said in February it was “hard lately to see companies and governments stepping back from their commitment to inclusion, equity and diversity.” She has set stringent diversity targets for 25% of staff to be from an ethnic minority background by 2030 and 17 per cent would be “from a background of disability.” That won’t help at mixers with Trumpians…

A trade panel for another age. Is this the quality Labour could convince to join on after five full months…