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Trump’s enabler takes on the Tories

When former CNN boss Jeff Zucker swooped in with an audacious Abu Dhabi-backed bid for the Telegraph Media Group last September, he appeared “confident he would emerge a winner”, says the Financial Times. And why not? Zucker’s RedBird IMI vehicle promised investment and global expansion – and posed none of the competition risks of other bidders. The deal was backed by influential Tories, including

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