We have held a family National Trust membership for over 40 years. We want to support and enjoy the historic and modern houses, estates, and gardens, and to help purchase land for the Neptune Coastline Campaign which has protected 780 miles of our coast to date.
The first signs we noticed of a profound change in the Trust, was whilst holidaying in Jersey, a couple told us they were asked to leave after 10 years of volunteering after refusing to wear badges promoting a liberal political view of which they disagreed.
Since then the Trust has accelerated this egregious wokery, lecturing us on the evils of the colonialism which enabled the Trust’s properties to be built, trying to make the charity more ‘inclusive’, when anyone with an interest can join, and now they’ve produced a calendar excluding Christian festivals whilst including the Hindu festival of Diwali, Islam’s Eid and Ramadan. What next, leaflets in the tearoom explaining how white middle-class it is to eat scones?
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Although I dislike the misappropriation of the word “Woke”, (I have looked up its original meaning) and its misuse, I largely agree with the sentiments you have expressed.
One of the founding figures behind the National Trust was Octavia Hill who lived locally in Wisbech.
She was a social reformer but strangely was not a suffragette.
If calendars are to be produced with Religious Festivals then all should be present or none at all.
To a large extent, the National Trust should be politically neutral and not be pursuing a controversial agenda which is clearly beyond its remit.
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The Trust’s success has gone well beyond the aspirations of the founding trio, it had saved hundreds of miles of coast from development and given us wonderful wildlife centres. It’s a pity they have to put a political spin on the charity.
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It seems there’s been a take-over of the governing body of the National Trust by these people. They must have waged a secret campaign to do so, and if voting was involved, they organised sufficient votes beforehand.
The only way to recover control seems to me would be to carry out a similar campaign by we fair-minded Brits!
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While the ‘Great and The Good’ run the Trust I can’t see anything changing. We need some normal enthusiasts to represent members and not career committee individuals. Thanks for your comment.
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