The Christian faith of billionaire media mogul Sir Paul Marshall

The owner of GB News and father of the former Mumford & Sons banjo player has come under fire for recent activity on social media

An influential Christian hedge fund manager who sits on the board of HTB’s Church Revitalisation Trust has been accused of supporting extremists on social media by campaigners who question his suitability for British media ownership.

But his supporters say he is the target of a “smear campaign” due to his key role in the political culture wars and his possible bid for prestigious titles The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator.

Sir Paul Marshall, who part-owns TV channel GB News and the online magazine Unherd, has been accused by Hope not Hate, a left-wing lobbying group, of endorsing “extreme Islamophobic and anti-migrant activists” on social media, suggesting “he holds a deeply disturbing view of modern Britain.”