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Mar 6 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
You know who else was suspected of working for Russian intelligence? The investor behind GB news. Andrew Neil’s former boss.

Here he is named in parliament by Conservative MP, @IoWBobSeely. Any thoughts, @afneil? More ‘conspiracies’?

Christopher Chandler, a lead investor in GB News who also owns influential pro-Brexit Legatum Institute, was named in parliament as result of French intelligence dossier in 2018. He denies it.

The Spectator, you’ll be shocked to learn, didn’t cover it.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5…
Here’s GB News’s company records as reported here by @andrewellson in Times. It has 4 shareholders. One is Chandler. Another of CEO of his investment fund.

Andrew Neil must have done his homework on this because he wasn’t just chair of GB News, he was a director of the company.
GB News is of course now paying Nigel Farage’s salary. As of course, the Kremlin used to do when he was a presenter on RT.

And this is the kind of content, it’s been putting out.
Chandler invested in GB News after Andrew Neil already involved & as face of channel, he must have been involved in decision. If intel dossier genuine - & @IoWBobSeely says authenticated - he risked being seen as Kremlin frontman. So presume he asked him?
news.sky.com/story/donor-to…
This to remind you is how Neil didn’t just ignore investigation into Russia, he actively ridiculed & minimised it

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Mar 7
Wow. This is really interesting. Pressure being put on solicitors taking SLAPP suits esp if "aggressive & intimidating threats". Wider context of my lawsuit inc threats of violence & misogynist abuse. Solicitors' regulator suggests solicitors could be reported for "misconduct"
This is very significant! Here's the newly updated guidance from the Solicitors Regulatory Authority on SLAPPs.

I know that @skcoughtrie has been campaigning for this. And @liambyrnemp & @DavidDavisMP have been trying to get parliament to act. It's an important step forward Image
💥💥💥 ‘For example, cases in which the underlying intention is to stifle the reporting or the investigation of serious concerns of corruption or money laundering by using improper & abusive litigation tactics’ 💥💥💥 Image
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Mar 6
This twitter thread crystallised for me why Lebedev coverage today so frustrating.

Russian soldiers are killing women & children trying to flee.

And our prime minister's relationship with the son of an ex-KGB agent is deeply problematic.

AS WE HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS
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To be clear, @Gabriel_Pogrund's story in ST following up @pcaruanagalizia revelations is important.

A breakthrough moment.

But we have been trying to tell story not just of Lebedev but of Johnson's Russian links FOR YEARS
2/
 thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-…
In July 2019, @nickhopkinsnews did pair of jaw dropping stories. Johnson had attended a NATO summit on sanctions post-Skripal.

He threw off security detail, flew to Italy & partied with Lebedev.

And then the photos turned up: Johnson, a hungover mess
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Mar 6
NEW: Banning Facebook & criminalising journalism are not just the actions of a desperate man, they’re the equivalent of putting on a pair of bell-bottoms & dad-dancing across the internet.

Why I think Putin just lost the information war 👇

theguardian.com/world/2022/mar…
I don’t know what’s going to happen next, no-one does. But the Kremlin’s reputation as invincible masters of information war has taken a beating. Putin’s blunt force command-&-control response v Zelensky’s social media mastery is like watching Stalin versus the TiKTok kids
And the Ukrainian war isn’t just playing out across social media. That same social media is impacting the progress of Ukrainian ground operations in real time. The open source #OSINT community is acting as a global battalion of armchair intelligence officers
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Mar 5
God, give me strength.

a) @pcaruanagalizia revealed this 3 days ago.

b) My colleagues @lukeharding & @dansabbagh & @TownsendMark & I & @openDemocracy’s Jim Cusick & @BylineTimes’ @johnsweeneyroar have done MULTIPLE stories on Lebedev & never a PEEP from you. Not a single one
Woke Andrew Neil might be the worst Andrew Neil yet
This was your contribution to Russia investigation, @afneil. You provided air cover for Banks & Wigmore when we revealed they sent documents about an indicted money launderer working for LeaveEU to the Russian embassy & then denied it when asked by MPs. Take a bow.
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Mar 5
Um, @LeaveMnsLeave, the Farage-Tice Brexit vehicle, appears to have deleted its tweets & closed its account earlier. And it now seems to have been squatted by someone who’s retweeting me. 😂
Or at least I think that’s what’s happened. Interesting timing given the documents I published 48 hours ago 🧐
Paging @Turloughc! Do you remember the Brexit Party’s PayPal grift? The dodgy af scheme that @Turloughc & @BylineTimes exposed? That was @LeaveMnsLeave. This is feeling less & less coincidental…

bylinetimes.com/2019/10/18/it-…
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Mar 4
This is Oakeshott with Williamson at launch of her book.

Plus new statement she made about Brexit funder as agent of Russian influence.

Below is thread with new court docs.

Key q: Did Williamson help Johnson bury Russia investigation (involving Johnson)? Is knighthood payback?
Oakeshott gave evidence + statement to Sunday Times in Nov 2017.

This is letter from editor Martin Ivens. He’s left but @ShippersUnbound is still there. Does he know what happened? Can new editor @EmmaTuckerST find out?

Did Oakeshott change mind? Did govt ministers intervene?
News International didn’t cover Banks court case. So they maybe don’t know that Banks’s witness statement conflicts with this.

Letter from editor shows Oakeshott gave emails to Sunday Times in Nov 17.

But Banks says it was Wigmore who gave emails to Sunday Times in June 18.
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