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- The Guardian Thursday 15 Aug ust 2019
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In Sport
Racism protest
QPR demand ‘strong
action’ as under-18s
suff er abuse in Spain
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‘Traitor class’ including media
betraying Brexit, says Ukip boss
Peter Walker
Political correspondent
The newly elected Ukip leader , Rich-
ard Braine , has claimed Brexit is being
betrayed by “a traitor class” in the
establishment and the media, wh ich
he s ees as conspiring with the EU.
In a lengthy inaugural press con-
ference in London, Braine lambasted
what he portrayed as the “EU cult”
and reiterated his views about what he
saw as an expansionist, violent culture
within Islam.
But his strongest language was
reserved for the media. He opened the
event by saying he had been abused
and shouted at the previous evening
by a journalist “full of loathing”.
“My abuser is an example of a new
extremism which is being fuelled by
a powerful establishment ,” Braine
said. “Our establishment does the EU’s
bidding, and want to turn around the
result of Ukip’s glorious referendum.
“I ask you, the media, to cease and
desist from stirring this up. Stop call-
ing people uneducated, hateful bigots,
racists, scum. Stop calling people far-
right when they’re not far-right.”
Asked who was controlling this
media narrative, Braine said: “I think
they’re being controlled by an EU
or inhibit a pilot’s ability to fl y an
aircraft depending on the level of that
exposure”. The body of Ibbotson, from
Lincolnshire, has still not been found.
Lawyers for the Sala family called
for the plane to be recovered from the
sea for further investigation, saying
the carbon monoxide levels “raised
many questions”. Daniel Machover, of
Hickman & Rose solicitors, said: “The
family believe that detailed technical
examination of the plane is necessary.
Future air safety rests on knowing as
much as possible.”
The symptoms of poisoning by car-
bon monoxide range from impaired
judg ment and drowsiness to con-
fusion, blurred vision and loss of
coordination, with seizures, uncon-
sciousness and heart attacks likely at
the level of exposure in Sala’s blood.
The colourless, odourless gas is pro-
duced in high concentrations in piston
engine planes, but should be extracted
by the exhaust system. Leaks into the
heating and ventilation system could
bring the gas into the plane cabin.
Although investigators have not
published conclusions, the special
bulletin issued by the AAIB could
explain why the plane carrying Sala
fell thousands of feet in seconds after
making a 180-degree turn. The pilot
had requested a descent minutes
earlier after encountering bad weather
on the journey from Nantes to Cardiff
on 21 January. Previous reports said
unconfi rmed radar readings showed
the plane may have also climbed rap-
idly before its fi nal descent.
Questions remain around the legal
status of the fl ight and the pilot’s
licence to carry Sala.
The Argentinian footballer signed
for Cardiff City from the French
club Nantes for a record £15m on 18
Fo otba l ler
and pilot
‘exposed
to carbon
monoxide’
January. The plane crashed 22 miles off
Guernsey on 21 January while travel-
ling from Nantes to Cardiff. Sala’s body
was found in the wreckage on the sea-
bed near the Channel’s most perilous
valley, known as Hurd’s Deep.
A Cardiff City spokesperson said:
“CCFC is concerned at the AAIB’s latest
report, which once again highlights
that the aircraft used for Emiliano
Sala was not appropriate. We continue
to believe that those who were
instrumental in arranging its usage
are held to account for this tragedy.”
The football agent Willie McKay
arranged the fl ight but said previously
he was not involved in choosing the
plane or selecting the pilot, and
claimed the club had left Sala to
organise his own travel. Cardiff City
“strongly rejected” the allegation
and said they had off ered to book a
commercial fl ight for the footballer.
The body of the 28-year-old Argen-
tinian was recovered in February but
that of Ibbotson, 59, has not been
found. The wreckage of the fuselage
was found on the seabed off Guern-
sey in the Channel Islands but the
aircraft remains underwater after an
attempt to recover it was hampered
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