Arron Banks ‘hired private detective’ to look into journalist who investigated Reform UK

Brexit Campaigner Accused of Hiring Private Investigators to Target Journalist. Prominent Reform UK member and Brexit campaigner Arron Banks has sparked outrage after allegedly hiring private investigators to target a Sunday Times journalist who had been investigating party finances. The move comes after the journalist, Gabriel Pogrund, broke a series of high-profile stories about Nigel Farage, a key figure in the Brexit movement. In a chilling response, Banks has invoked the phrase "when you live by the sword, you die by the sword," suggesting that journalists who dig up dirt on public figures should be prepared for retaliation. The revelation has raised serious concerns about the safety of investigative journalists and the potential for intimidation by powerful figures in politics.

Asked whether he targeted reporter who investigated party finances, Brexit campaigner says: ‘When you live by the sword, you die by the sword’The prominent Reform UK member and Brexit campaigner Arron Banks is said to have set private investigators on a Sunday Times journalist after he broke a series of stories about Nigel Farage.Banks is alleged to have paid for the services of investigators to examine Gabriel Pogrund, editor of the paper’s Insight investigations team. Continue reading...