Hot on the heels of my thoughts on how many NGOs are not really NG, here is another pertinent observation, pointing up the sneaky but widespread practice of sending taxpayers’ money to ‘NGOs’ then citing their views as support for the official line!

But how to stop this sort of thing?

Update: as has been pointed out, I have linked to a subscription-only European Voice article (which was available to all yesterday). It basically pointed out how EU monies had gone to Friends of the Earth whose pronouncements often supported EU positions, and called for so-called NGOs to show a lot more transparency in how such public money was spent.