{"id":5006,"date":"2022-10-07T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T07:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/?p=5006"},"modified":"2022-10-07T09:44:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T08:44:28","slug":"letter-from-monique-roffey-to-jerome-booth-of-the-gwpf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/letter-from-monique-roffey-to-jerome-booth-of-the-gwpf\/","title":{"rendered":"Monique Roffey’s Letter to Kathy Gyngell of the GWPF"},"content":{"rendered":"

12<\/span>th<\/span> September, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Kathy Gyngell,<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m a well-known novelist and co-founder of Writers Rebel and I\u2019m writing to you because Steve Baker announced last week that he\u2019d been given a role in Liz Truss\u2019s new government as junior minister in the Northern Ireland office. A day later, he stepped down from his role as a trustee of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Steve Baker has been the most publicly visible supporter and trustee of the GWPF and over the last nine months he\u2019s been subject to a great deal of attention and scrutiny from his constituents, from a weekly vigil at his offices, to letters and advertorials in the press. The constituents felt his move to take a role with the GWPF was against the Tory 2019 manifesto to achieve carbon net zero by 2050.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kathy Gyngell, GWPF trustee
Photo: https:\/\/www.thegwpf.org\/who-we-are\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I\u2019m writing to you, a trustee of the GWPF, to now consider your own position within the organisation. I know you\u2019re a long-standing member of the GWPF and will feel loyal to it. But, I\u2019m also sure that you\u2019re aware of the recent media revelations that this organisation is in receipt of oil funds in spite of years of denying this. You may also be aware that Writers Rebel (and partners) have made an official Charity Commission complaint which was <\/span>signed by over a hundred people<\/span><\/i>, including eminent scientists, writers and public figures. Along with myself, those who signed were: writers, Irvine Welsh, Ali Smith, Zadie Smith and David Mitchell, fashion legend Vivienne Westwood, artists Gavin Turk and Cornelia Parker, Baroness Rosie Boycott, and actor Juliette Stevenson. This letter of complaint was made on May 23<\/span>rd<\/span> of this year.\u00a0 In case you haven\u2019t seen it, our letter of complaint was to say that the GWPF is \u2018not acting in the interest of the public\u2019 and requests that GWPF\u2019s charitable status is removed. This letter is also online here: <\/span>https:\/\/extinctionrebellion.uk\/2022\/05\/23\/charity-what-charity-letter-of-complaint-about-the-global-warming-policy-foundations-charity-status\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Your internet presence shows you as a successful, forthright, independent-minded writer, and I can relate to that. I see that we both have a belief in the right to protest though the causes we support are very different. All I ask is that you reconsider your place with the GWPF, an organisation that is becoming notorious for its work to block climate progress. I believe history will judge the GWPF harshly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When you founded Full Time Mothers\/Mothers at Home Matter, I imagine it was from a love of children. I would ask you to think again about the world you want to leave to your children, and their children? If you have any doubts about the work of the GWPF and the effect they are having on the world, surely it is time to gracefully bow out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yours sincerely,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Professor Monique Roffey, FRSL<\/span><\/p>\n

Novelist<\/span><\/p>\n

Costa Book of the Year, 2020\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Co-Founder, Writers Rebel<\/span><\/p>\n

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CALL TO ACTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

We consider the GWPF to be the climate denial arm of the dark money and fossil fuel lobby network based in London\u2019s infamous Tufton Street, whose close connections to the government make it a significant obstacle to progress in addressing the climate emergency. If you feel the same, let the GWPF know by emailing info@thegwpf.org<\/a> (FAO Kathy Gyngell), and cc’ing us at xrwritersrebel@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Monique Roffey<\/strong> is a co-founder of XR Writers Rebel and the Trinidadian-born British writer of novels, essays, literary journalism and a memoir.\u00a0 Her most recent novel, The Mermaid of Black Conch<\/em>, (Peepal Tree Press) won the Costa Book of the Year Award, 2020, and was nominated for seven major awards. Her work has won many awards and been translated into several languages. She is a Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University and a tutor for the National Writers Centre.<\/p>\n

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12th September, 2022 Dear Kathy Gyngell, I\u2019m a well-known novelist and co-founder of Writers Rebel and I\u2019m writing to you because Steve Baker announced last week that he\u2019d been given a role in Liz Truss\u2019s new government as junior minister in the Northern Ireland office. A day later, he stepped down from his role as […]<\/p>\n

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