THREAD: This morning @BBCR4Today introduced Paul Marshall as “co-chair of Prosperity UK, a cross-party think tank set up to promote collaboration between Leavers and Remainers.”
It is nothing of the sort. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
It is nothing of the sort. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
@BBCr4today Prosperity UK is wholly owned by Marshall, a financier worth half a billion who donated £100,000 to the official Vote Leave campaign in the referendum and recently donated £10,000 to Michael Gove. 
@BBCr4today Prosperity UK’s sole project has been its promotion of so-called “alternative arrangements” for the Irish border touted by hardline Conservative Brexiteers, and by Boris Johnson in his leadership campaign. prosperity-uk.com/aacabout/
@BBCr4today Marshall used his slot on Radio 4 to attack “the CBI lobby” looking to protect British businesses, arguing that agriculture and services are “very protectionist” and must be opened to trade. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
@BBCr4today Marshall has elsewhere suggested that Britain should accept lower US standards on products like chlorinated chicken, claiming “many current EU regulations on food and agriculture are not based on safety or scientific issues”. brexitcentral.com/need-free-trad…
@BBCr4today Why? Because Marshall wants trade deals that swap “agriculture for services”, arguably making it easier for him to do business abroad. His firm is already a major investor in US healthcare firms Boston Scientific and Gilead Sciences, amongst others. whalewisdom.com/filer/marshall…
@BBCr4today Meanwhile Marshall’s fund is betting £1.14 billion against UK firms, and made millions by betting on the collapse of outsourcing firm Carillion. thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-…
@BBCr4today It's another case of @BBCPolitics failing to enforce its own editorial guidelines, updated in August to ensure that think tanks are not automatically introduced as "unbiased". desmog.co.uk/2019/09/04/bbc…
