Major revelations from @channel4news tonight that are shocking & sensational but PLEASE don't treat it as a joke. It's not. A proper criminal investigation into @Arron_banks by the NCA is now both necessary & urgent.
channel4.com/news/diamonds-…
channel4.com/news/diamonds-…
We've been pursuing @arron_banks since Feb last year. & we heard these specific allegations in Jan (from different source). Well done @Channel4News for pinning it down. And tribute to sustained digging from @opendemocracy & last night's BBC contribution by @ManveenRana
This is @arron_banks' schtick. That it's all a joke. That nothing sticks. But you know what will stick? Brexit. That's a one-way ticket. And he paid for it. It's VITAL now that we know how. 
And so much about @arron_banks - about diamonds & Russians - has been out there all this time. In this interview from April last year, he admits all sorts of things including breaking the law. He figured it didn't matter. He figured he'd got away with it
theguardian.com/politics/2017/…
theguardian.com/politics/2017/…
It's not a joke. And this sub-Top Gear aesthetic is deliberate. It's the same @nigel_farage good-bloke-man-in-the-pub crap that hoodwinked a nation.
