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Reform donor Ben Delo loaned £350k to academic found to have engaged in online bullying
Judge said Nina Power and her friend’s social media posts had ‘the whiff of threat and antisemitism’
Reform UK’s new mega-donor Ben Delo gave a £350,000 loan to a conservative writer fighting a legal case in which a judge later found she had engaged in online bullying and regrettable conduct with a “whiff of threat and antisemitism”.
Nina Power and her friend, the writer Daniel DC Miller, brought the legal action for defamation against the performance artist Luke Turner, who they had accused of falsely calling them antisemitic. At the same time, Turner brought a counter-claim against the pair accusing them of harassment. Continue reading...
![Tweet by Kathleen Stock: "Nina [Power] is an original, stimulating, light-footed writer who always makes me think; I'm very happy I supported her crowdfunder a few years back; and I get a lot from @compactmag_ where she is editor, and the podcast she contributes to. Keep doing what you do Nina, you are great."
Reply by Will: "Apart from the Neo-Nazi shit, sure". Embedded tweet by Luke Turner including antisemitic imagery: "During cross-examination, Nina Power & Daniel Miller both admitted they had written anonymously for the Parallax Optics site--a fact they had previously denied--with their *own pleadings* having characterised the account as "espousing and disseminating abhorrent antisemitic views."
Reply by Kathleen Stock: "Whatever the deeper truth here, I absolutely would not take Turner's word for it. And I would say more, but the last time I mentioned his name on Twitter, fairly benignly, I got threatened with legal action."
Reply by Will: "*Deeply* embarrassing tweet when you can literally read the judgment". Embedded tweet by Luke Turner: "A full copy of the High Court's Judgment, which I invite you to read, is available here: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Miller-and-Power-v-Turner-08.11.23.pdf "
Reply by Will: "Still, it's only antisemitism"
Reply by Kathleen Stock: "Sorry Will, I'm not doing trial by twitter. You do it if you want. I've had enough of that shit to last a life time. Feel free to infer all the dastardly conclusions."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xietlj6hmqxkmgusmtenne4f/bafkreicwdbdi2r72q53aohrurehnw3fv2evihywbu752dowszt543hk2im)
