Campaigning investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr

I actually fear for Carol’s safety and have done for quite awhile.

The Wikipedia page for Aaron Banks makes unpleasant reading - multiple Russian links, Donald Trump, funding Nigel Farage. Carole is a very brave and determined woman.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/16/arron-banks-allegedly-gave-450000-funding-to-nigel-farage-after-brexit-vote

Yes, Carol has risked everything - her career, peace of mind and possibly her life. Thank you for drawing attention to her case varian

Seven press freedom groups joined forces to express their alarm at the lawsuit calling for it to be dropped and calling on the British government to defend public-interest journalism. - Reporters Without Borders (RSF), ARTICLE 19, European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), Greenpeace UK, Index on Censorship, PEN International and Scottish PEN described the suit as 'vexatious in nature and intended to silence Cadwalladr’s courageous investigative journalism.

Carole Cadwalladr’s courage in pursuing the involvement of Arron Banks with the Russian government must be applauded (“Arron Banks almost crushed me in court. Instead, my quest for the facts was vindicated”, Comment). But it is now clearer than ever that a future British government, not mired in mendacity as the current administration is, should appoint a judge-led royal commission that is unconstrained in its right and ability to probe every aspect of the campaigns supporting Britain’s leaving the European Union.

Cadwalladr’s case is only a foot in the door. A royal commission must expose every lie that was uttered that demonstrates how British politicians have been corrupted by Kremlin influence. Such an inquiry will not only go some way to expose the flaws in the country’s electoral funding and function, it may also reveal to our fellow Europeans that the Brexit campaign was an enterprise engineered by a few to deceive many. And that could help build the bridges Britain needs to restore a relationship with the EU.

Henry Harington
Luccombe, Somerset

In a letter to The Guardian

www.theguardian.com/theobserver/commentisfree/2022/jun/26/observer-letters-courage-carole-cadwalladr