‘If we put up with this, what’s next?’ – author of petition against closure of RT’s UK bank accounts

‘It’s important to stand up against NatWest’s decision to close RT’s UK bank accounts, said British journalist Oliver Tickell, who launched a petition protesting the move, while asking “if we put up with this, then what’s next?”
The journalist pointed out that RT has been “tremendously successful” in providing an alternative take on events for its UK viewers, who “appreciate the diversity that it adds to otherwise frankly rather uniformed output, in particular, on television.”
“It has carved out an important role for itself in covering stories that other channels don’t cover and in covering a lot of stories that they do cover in rather different ways, with different emphasis,” said Tickell, an author and campaigner who concentrates on health and environmental issues.’

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