Key players from the Leave.EU campaign answer questions about Brexit and Russia. Follow the latest developmentsFive things we learned from Arron Banks“ questioning by MPsCarole Cadwalladr: 10 questions Banks and Wigmore must answer 3.17pm BST We“re closing the live blog now, with questions finished and Banks and Wigmore off to lunch.Here“s Jim Waterson“s take on what we learned: Related: Five things we learned from Arron Banks` questioning by MPs 1.55pm BST Over an occasionally fiery three hours, Andy Wigmore and Arron Banks faced down the DCMS committee“s questions over Banks“ insurance business, dealings with Russia, and abortive collaborations with Cambridge Analytica and the University of Mississippi.Repeating a pattern started by the Cambridge Analytica chief executive, Alexander Nix, in his own evidence to the committee, Banks went on the attack, arguing that the committee was fatally flawed by its reliance on the evidence of the Cambridge Analytica whistleblowers, the `fantasist` Brittany Kaiser and Chris Wylie. Banks also attacked the committee itself, arguing that it was staffed entirely by remainers who wanted to push for a second referendum and were failing to apply equal pressure to his opponents. 1.48pm BST Damian Collins tries to call Ian Lucas for another question, but Banks refuses to take it, saying he“s got an appointment for lunch that he doesn“t want to be late for. He stands up to leave, with Collins asking for one more question.`The word is no. When we went out, you said 20 minutes, and I think we“ve run past it.` Banks walks out while the cameras are still running, and Collins, looking perturbed at losing control, ends the hearing. 1.46pm BST Matheson asks how much money Banks gave to the leave side of the referendum. Banks `doesn“t have the information`, Matheson quotes £9.6m at him, and Banks doesn“t confirm or deny.Matheson asks about an extra £12m that the Guardian said was lent in kind. Banks says a correction in the online version ...
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