Right-wing group target National Trust council over rewilding and LGBT+ stance

‘Anti-woke insurgents’ Restore Trust promoting candidates for governing body in bid to influence charity’s policies

A Tory donor, an activist opposed to critical race theory and two “anti-woke” Conservative historians are among candidates being promoted by a right-wing campaign group seeking to wrestle control of the National Trust.

Restore Trust, the self-styled “anti-woke” insurgents who want to reverse policies such as rewilding and LGBT+ friendly practices, had limited success at last year’s National Trust AGM, when a number of resolutions it supported were defeated.

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