The government should be supporting the British press, not creating new funding problems
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. So, it was good news when the same Saudi who had pumped money into Lebedev’s other title, The Independent, in return for a 30 per cent stake, agreed to invest in the Evening Standard. No, it’s a government that stands for free enterprise – that you might suppose would wish to uphold the public service that local newspapers provide – putting the Evening Standard’s funding pipeline at risk. The concern, apparently, is that Abuljadayel enjoys close links to Saudi’s rulers, and that they will use the Evening Standard and Independent to promote their policies, agenda and interests. As someone who edited The Independent under Lebedev, and worked for him in a senior editorial capacity across his titles, including the Evening Standard, for several years, I find this argument hard to believe.
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