Paul Marshall’s hateful ‘likes’ prove he’s unfit to be a media mogul
The IndependentIt is, we are told, a matter of some national importance that His Majesty’s Daily Telegraph should not fall into the wrong hands. We don’t stand a chance unless we start that process very soon.” He has liked or reposted @WordbyWolf, an anti-Muslim account, 16 times this year – including the sentiment that the prophet Muhammad was “one of the worst men ever to live”. According to Hope not Hate, a post he retweeted in February appeared to group homosexuality with “worshipping Satan, evil corrupting children”, referring to the other side as “demons”, while in January he “liked” a post from RadioGenoa that lauded Hungary’s autocratic leader Viktor Orbán as a “true leader” for his anti-migrant and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. But look where the right now is – with former prime minister Liz Truss telling former White House wingnut Steve Bannon only yesterday that The Economist and Financial Times are “friends of the Deep State” and former home secretary Suella Braverman claiming that “Islamists. Now we have been allowed an insight into Sir Paul’s mind – and the sort of views he personally endorses and spreads – perhaps the penny will drop at Ofcom.