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8 Feb, 5 tweets, 4 min read
Everyone concerned about #GBNews should read up about one of its main funders - Dubai-based investment group #Legatum - which funds The Legatum Institute, a hard-right "thinktank" similar to the billionaire-funded partisan US think tanks.

#DontFundGBNews
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The Legatum Institute, with a background in 'disaster capitalism', is arguably the most influential think tank in Britain, pushes a free market pro-Brexit vision, & enjoys privileged access to media & ministers.

#DontFundGBNews

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In 2018, the Legatum think tank breached charity regulations with Brexit work, & did not provide “balanced, neutral evidence & analysis” & was “not consistent” with the charity’s objectives.

#DontFundGBNews

opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
The Legatum group was founded by billionaire Christopher Chandler, who in 2018, was accused by a group of cross-party MPs of “working for Russian intelligence services”, &described as an “object of interest” to the DST because of his alleged Kremlin ties.

thenational.scot/news/18991365.…
Another big funder of #GBNews is millionaire hedge fund boss Sir Paul Marshall, who with his partner Ian Wace have made more than £50million from the collapse of leisure stocks as the #coronavirus outbreak grips London markets.

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I want to say something about #antisemtism within the two main UK political parties - @UKLabour & the @Conservatives - & the grotesque disparity in responses to each, from Jewish leaders & communities, the public, politicians, & especially the print & broadcast news media.
Any & all antisemitism is despicable, & has no place in contemporary society - & especially no place in political discourse.

Wherever it is found, it must ALWAYS be exposed & very robustly challenged, as we all know where the scapegoating & demonization of minorities can lead.
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Both #GBNews & #NewsUK are about to launch Fox News style channels in the UK.

Despite Mr Neil saying 'wait & see', it's obvious to a child that both channels will try to drag public opinion EVEN FURTHER Right.

What to do?

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6/9/2018: Asked about @UKLabour & antisemitism, Andrew Neil said “If this had happened in the Tory Party, whoever the Tory leader would have gone out of their way to machinegun them down, ‘just get rid of them, we can’t be seen to be tainted in this way’.”
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Like I say, he seems to get most of his information from that bastion of impartiality, #talkRadio.
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