— Leave.EU (@LeaveEUOfficial)
October 12, 2018
Mr Oluwole, the co-founder of Our Future Our Choice (OFOC), tweeted: “How have we allowed the Brexit Party to be seen as a tolerant party when its Chairman, Richard Tice, founded an overtly anti-Jewish organisation?”
An OFOC source told the Evening Standard’s Londoner they consider the image of Mr Soros as puppeteer “as antisemitic a trope as you can get”.
It is believed Mr Oluwole was asked on Saturday to delete the tweet, pay Mr Tice’s legal costs and donate £10,000 to a charity of Mr Tice’s choice.
In response, the anti-Brexit campaigner has hired media lawyer David Price QC, telling the Evening Standard: “I will not stop calling out Leave.EU’s flagrant antisemitism.”
Leave.EU communications director Andy Wigmore told the JC: “The Labour Party, [Jeremy] Corbyn and others have a real problem with Jews and we have highlighted that constantly over the last two years.
“The left and remain activists have piled into us because of our campaign against antisemitism. We are pro-Israel and always have been.
“As for the tweet – it was about Soros controlling Remain and Blair, having put billions into campaigns against Brexit and globalism. Nothing to do with him being Jewish – Soros is anti-Israel.
“Remain activist are desperate to accuse Brexiteers of either being racists or Nazis."
Mr Wigmore added Mr Tice would "rightly take action against Femi".
