Aaron Banks 'writes off £7m loan' as Leave.EU goes into liquidation

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Critics yesterday said the apparent writing off of £7m might be seen by Banks as a reasonable price for the disruption caused by Brexit.
49% : In spring 2016, he gave £6m in loans to Leave.EU - a huge amount for a British political campaign - that reports have indicated were due to be repaid by the end of 2017.
49% : EU was fined £45,000 for sending more than a million emails to its subscribers that contained marketing for an insurance company owned by Banks.
46% : EU said at the time that it was a "politically motivated attack" because of its involvement in Brexit.
46% : EU had available assets worth £4,233 at the time of liquidation.
42% : The Brexit campaign group Leave.EU has gone into liquidation with its controversial co-founder Arron Banks appearing to write off a loan worth more than £7m.Documents submitted to Companies House also reveal that the anti-EU lobbying group, which was fronted by Nigel Farage during the 2016 EU referendum campaign, has failed to pay tens of thousands in fines owed to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for breaches of data law.
42% : EU will attract most controversy after years of speculation over the source of his funding to the EU referendum campaign.
42% : Banks has been approached for comment over the liquidation of Leave.EU and whether he has written off the £7m.
40% : EU has not paid £52,000 in fines owed to the ICO.

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