Is FairTrade really immoral? Tories say "yes"

During an extraordinary debate a couple of weeks ago, Conservative Councillors removed any reference to teaching children about what Fairtrade is, why it exists or why it is a good thing. They also struck from their Children & Young People's Plan the need to teach local kids about the importance of reducing our carbon footprint. The suggestion to include these two important issues came from members of the public during a consultation on what should be included in the plan.

In the midst of it, one of their supposedly "rising stars", Russell King (no relation!) apparently described Fairtrade, which ensures some of the poorest farmers in the world get a fair price for their goods and access to international markets, as "immoral".

I don't know why it is that a fairly large part of those on the right-wing of politics have difficulty with common sense ideas like Fairtrade, or reducing carbon emissions; or even recognising that human-accelerated climate change is a reality. Scarily, such people are heavily represented among Putney and Wandsworth Conservatives.