Gary Gibbon
Arron Banks – pitbull or saviour?
Arron Banks’ insurgent Leave campaign, Leave.eu, mocks the stately inactivity of Vote Leave, its Westminster obsession and its lack of grassroots activity.
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Leave.EU’s Arron Banks to appear before MPs following claims he met with Russian officials
The millionaire businessman who campaigned and donated to the Brexit campaign is to appear before MPs on Tuesday to explain claims he held undisclosed meetings with Russian officials before the EU referendum. Details of the alleged meetings contained in emails published by the Sunday Times, come amid questions about possible Russian influence over the UK’s…
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Day of reckoning for two top UK banks
RBS has had to agree to a £3.6 billion penalty with the US Department of Justice to end the investigation into sales of financial products – some of them toxic mortgage bonds – just before the 2008 financial crisis. Channel 4 News has seen a damning internal review into Lloyds’ disastrous takeover of HBOS in…
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Economist Ian Mulheirn: ‘We need to get banks to lend to first-time buyers again’
Betsy Dillner, of the campaign group Generation Rent, and economist Ian Mulheirn respond to new evidence that young people are being priced out of the housing market.
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Brexit donor Arron Banks denies campaign had anything to do with Russian money
The pro-Brexit campaign donor Arron Banks has declared there was no Russian funding involved, as the Electoral Commission said it was investigating whether he breached campaign finance rules during the referendum. The watchdog is looking into the source of millions of pounds in loans made to the Leave.EU campaign, chaired by Mr Banks, as well…
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Banksy’s response to Brexit
Graffiti artist Banksy’s latest mural in the UK is his first to address the Brexit vote.
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Arron Banks rules out election challenge
It’s emerged tonight that Ukip’s main financial backer, the millionaire businessman Arron Banks, will not stand in the Clacton constituency, just a few days after signalling he would. It followed a bizarre press conference with the leader of the party Paul Nuttall, who appeared to barricade himself into a room, refusing to say whether he…
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Banksy in Bethlehem
It’s billed as the hotel with “the worst view in the world”. The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem opened its doors today, packed with art works by Banksy.
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See inside Banksy’s new Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem
The Walled Off Hotel is a few metres from a stretch of the controversial West Bank barrier which has been heavily decorated by artists.
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Banksy in Calais: Steve Jobs image highlights refugee plight
A new work by anonymous graffiti artist Banksy in Calais has highlighted the plight of refugees fleeing Syria – with an image of Steve Jobs, whose family fled Syria.
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Banksy’s Dismaland park: shocking, funny, extraordinary
Clandestine street artist Banksy opens a theme park like no other. Inside a derelict lido in Weston-super-Mare, Dismaland features migrant boats, a dead princess and Banksy’s trademark dark humour.
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UK banks ‘launch Fifa internal probe’ amid calls for boycott
The Serious Fraud Office announces it is assessing “material in its possession” relating to allegations of corruption at the heart of world football’s governing body.
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Fifa corruption scandal: UK banks probed
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office is actively assessing “material in its possession” relating to Fifa corruption allegations revealed by the FBI this week.
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Prison for ATM robbers who blew up two banks in Wales
As Russell Bennett, 21, and Benjamin Barrett, 30, are sentenced for stealing over £80,000 from two branches of Barclays bank, police release CCTV footage of the explosion and subsequent raid.
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FactCheck Q&A: are a million people using foodbanks?
Britain’s biggest food bank charity says more than 1 million needy people received free food in 2014/15, the biggest number on record. The Trussell Trust says it gave food aid to 1,084,604 people compared to 913,138 in 2013/14 – a 19 per cent increase. Jeremy Paxman tried to corner David Cameron on the growing use…
