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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla
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Did you watch #Marr today? Then please read this short thread on critical errors I believe @bbc made here, why it matters & why it's given @Arron_banks a prominent platform to deceive the public again
I believe it is important to keep asking Bank questions. But framing, context & format is crucial. Banks's PR chose live Sunday magazine show as his preferred format on morning he knew he would be facing significant new allegations from @ObserverUK
theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/n…
The new investigation by the NCA is just one @arron_banks is facing. The Met is investigating possible criminal offences regarding spending returns. And ICO is investigating whether Eldon insurance data was used by LeaveEU political purposes . This is from @commonsCMS report
Our story today - & another separate but overlapping investigation published by @openDemocracy - revealed multiple new potential criminal offences that may have been committed. They would also put @arron_banks in contempt, for lying of parliament.
We revealed internal whistleblowers from Eldon insurance had turned over hundreds of emails & eye-witness accounts. The allegations are hugely serious. Illegal campaign co-ordination. Illegal over-spending. We put these & other allegations to Banks & he refused to respond
So what happens when #Marr asks him about these? Banks falsely claims this was reported to the electoral commission. Not according to witnesses & documentary evidence seen by @ObserverUK. And, then - perfect pivot - uses interview to smear me & try to discredit our investigation
This is a man who has repeatedly smeared, bullied & threatened me. Being given a platform by the @bbc to do so again on live TV to an audience of millions
theguardian.com/global/comment…
There is no excuse for this. It was obvious he would try & do so. And it matters not because of reputational damage to me. But because it enabled @arron_banks to evade proper scrutiny. Once again. It just amplified his lies to a much bigger audience

#Marr wasn't sufficiently up to speed to challenge him or rebut his lies. What's more, we now have dozens of headlines "No Russian money in Brexit" when - extraordinarily - Marr failed to ask a single question about his r'ship with Russian government

theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/j…
Thank you @skynews. Exemplary behaviour. Contacted me immediately to give me right to reply & gave me prominent slot to rebut allegations & frame context of these smears. I’m amazed @bbc hasn’t been in touch to offer similar
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Meet Victoria Woodcock. She was Vote Leave's operations director. She was also the admin for a shared drive that clearly showed BeLeave & Vote Leave were illicitly co-ordinating. Cummings' name was deleted from this drive after investigations began.
Here we go. Cold, hard evidence. Deleted by someone featured in this drama. It looks like obstruction of justice. It smells like obstruction of justice. And all those people up on screen have refused to answer questions about it...
"Where are we at, Parky?" First reference to Stephen Parkinson. Political secretary to @theresa_may. Special friend of @ShahmirUK. Used number 10 press office to smear & discredit him. Hasn't answered a single question. Close to certain BBC journalists.

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I've seen C4's Brexit: An Uncivil War...& it's a brilliant, compelling drama. James Graham, the writer, captures the campaign's dark toxic heart & Cumberbatch delivers a stand-out performance. But it also whitewashes the deeply serious criminal offences we know were committed..
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Nice try, Tony, but that's bollocks
And @MattGarrahan, Tony Hall has now put @ft into an embarrassing position because you accepted his word and repeated it as fact which it's not so you'll need to add a clarification to this.
This is why it matters, Tony Hall. @afneil's casual misogyny opened a door for others. It gave them permission to abuse me & other women and a language to do it in. The BBC by failing to act implicitly endorsed it. And now, with this erroneous statement you've compounded it again
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