American Individuals: British Election and British Groups

american individuals: Some wealthy American individuals and organizations appear also to be having a big influence on this fraught British election, according to The Guardian. The Guardian, a left-leaning newspaper, reported Friday that 11 Americans have given more than 3.7 million to influential right-wing British groups over the past five years.ADOne conservative U.S.-born billionaire who was having an outsize influence on right-wing groups across the pond is no longer alive. However, it isn't just British voters who are influencing Britain's future. John Templeton, who died in 2008, was behind a set of foundations that gave 3.3 million to British groups, the newspaper reported.ADThe news comes as Washington focuses on allegations of foreign influence on U.S. elections and is a reminder that outside the United States, the problem is often seen through the opposite lens wealthy Americans seeking to influence foreign elections. One recipient of Templeton-linked money, the Legatum Institute, told the paper that it had a strong policy of maintaining intellectual independence despite foreign financial backing.ADIn a subsequent statement to The Washington Post, Jo Nussbaum, director of communications at the Legatum Institute, said the organization had received money from the Templeton World Charity Foundation, an apolitical organization based in the Bahamas and not the United States.ADTempleton World Charity had contributed to the Legatum Institute's Global Index of Economic Openness, a research program that studies the impact of economic openness and trade on nations' growth and prosperity, Nussbaum said. The U.S. donations in Britain do not appear to be illegal, and some of the think tanks involved have pushed back against the Guardian's framing. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.