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The UAE bid for The Spectator is over

27 March 2024

5:26 AM

27 March 2024

5:26 AM

In the end, it was watertight. A new law has been just voted through the Lords banning foreign governments from owning British newspapers and magazines. Any ‘material influence’ has been banned; that means neither the United Arab Emirates or any ‘foreign power’ will be allowed so much as a 0.1

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