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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

Greta Thunberg and Gary Lineker sign letter defending Southbank Centre chair

In a waistcoat and collared shirt and wearing glasses, Misan Harriman smiles at the camera in this portrait
Misan Harriman quoted Susan Sontag’s comments on the Holocaust in reference to Reform’s historic local election results, drawing coverage from the Telegraph Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

Greta Thunberg, Tracey Emin and Gary Lineker are among those to sign an open letter in support of Southbank Centre chair Misan Harriman, after what they call a “dishonest smear campaign” by media outlets that accused him of promoting Golders Green attack “conspiracies” and comparing Reform voters to Nazis.

Harriman, who has been chair of the Southbank Centre’s board of governors since 2021, was accused by the Telegraph of sharing a social media post that contained a “conspiracy” about the Golders Green attack because it questioned the amount of coverage given to the Muslim victim, Ishmail Hussein.

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