Brexit group branded ‘anti-Jewish’
A LEADING anti-Brexit campaigner has refused to back down after branding Brexit campaigning group Leave. EU “overtly anti-Jewish” in a tweet — despite being threatened with legal action by its former co-chair.
Richard Tice, now the chairman of the Brexit Party, is thought to have instructed lawyers to begin proceedings against Femi Oluwole unless he removes the tweet.
The row revolves around a tweet published by Leave.EU in October last year which portrayed billionaire investor George Soros as a puppet master pulling strings attached to Tony Blair.
Mr Oluwole, the co-founder of Our Future Our Choice (OFOC), tweeted: “How have we allowed the Brexit Party to be seen as a tolerant party when its Chairman, Richard Tice, founded an overtly anti-Jewish organisation?”
It is believed Mr Oluwole was asked on Saturday to delete the tweet, pay Mr Tice’s legal costs and donate £10,000 to a charity of Mr Tice’s choice.
Leave.EU communications director Andy Wigmore told the JC: “The tweet was about Soros controlling Remain and Blair, having put billions into campaigns against Brexit and globalism. Nothing to do with him being Jewish.”
In subsequent tweets defending Leave.EU, Mr Wigmore and Raheem Kassam, a former Ukip senior adviser, referred to Mr Soros as having aided the Nazis.
The Board of Deputies accused them of “spreading false antisemitic conspiracy theories about
George Soros”.
Fight: Femi Oluwole