The day’s most anticipated interview came from Arron Banks, the businessman and co-founder of the Brexit campaign group Leave.EU, who agreed to talk with Andrew Marr. Earlier in the week, the Electoral Commission announced that it was referring Banks to the National Crime Agency amid questions over the exact source of Leave.EU’s funding for the referendum campaign in 2016. One of the central allegations raised is whether an £8 million loan came through Rock Holdings, a business based in the Isle of Man, which would contravene UK law:
AM: Were you the real source of that money?
AB: …Of course I was. The money came from a UK registered company. It was generated from cash, generated from businesses in the UK. The whole misunderstanding resolves around the role of Rock Holdings as a holding company…
AM: So where did the money come from?
AB : The money came from Rock Services which was a UK limited company.
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