Thread by @carolecadwalla

I might just spend today repeatedly pointing out that the illegal campaign donations Cummings, Gove & Johnson were involved in were also 'very serious'.

But they weren't 'allegations'. They were findings in law. Which not a single journalist has ever asked them a single q about

https://twitter.com/bbcnickrobinson/status/1385672780608376837

This is how the BBC reported the story. It allowed @matthew_elliott to leak the findings ahead of the official regulators’ report & falsely frame its findings

bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-pol…

The BBC & specifically @bbclaurak is at centre of this spat about who leaked what to whom. And given possible illegal campaign donations are under scrutiny again, it’s surely, finally, time to interview @shahmiruk?

His evidence is directly relevant here. It is a startling accusation from Cummings. But the back story of what he & Johnson & Gove did at Vote Leave is inextricably linked to this story. You can’t understand this new allegation without this context.

At the time, Cummings was not a figure of national public interest. Well he is now. The failure to report @shahmiruk’s & Electoral Comm’s findings was widespread across UK press is past. But the mistake will be repeated & compounded, if its relevance is not recognised now