The Oxfam scandal and the culture of NGO impunity
Bodies like Oxfam have long since moved on from the traditional idea of charity to become huge non-governmental organisations.
The NGOs have become an enormously powerful fifth estate which uses the bully pulpit of conscience and emotional manipulation to lobby national governments and dominate the cultural climate.
Yet because of their charitable aura they are not held fully accountable. The Oxfam scandal has exposed this culture of impunity. As Priti Patel observes, however, this is but the tip of a sanctimonious and morally compromised iceberg which now needs to be hauled into view.
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