The planned UAE-backed takeover of The Telegraph is “deeply worrying” and must be scrutinised from a national security perspective, the Liberal Democrats said.
I don’t know what the Cop28 summit in Dubai achieved for the environment, but it was a gift to satirists. As if the base irony of world leaders flying in, expending countless gallons of jet fuel to grandstand about climate change wasn’t delicious enough, the chief coordinator of the charade turned out to be the head of one of the world’s biggest oil fields, Sultan Al Jaber.
The planned Abu Dhabi-backed takeover of The Telegraph poses a “profound security concern” to the UK which should be blocked by ministers, a former head of MI6 has said.
The leader of one of Europe's biggest media companies told Semafor that he was concerned about the sale of the Telegraph and Spectator titles to a media company backed by an autocratic regime.
The leader of the Abu-Dhabi-backed takeover of The Telegraph has said he would resign if it were ever suggested that the Gulf state had attempted to interfere in editorial matters.