Telegraph hits back at Peter Oborne’s ‘astonishing’ attack

But political commentator’s decision to quit over ‘lack’ of HSBC coverage is praised by other journalists

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As news comes through that Swiss police are searching the Geneva offices of HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) as part of an inquiry into “suspected aggravated money laundering”, the explosive departure of Peter Oborne from the Daily Telegraph - over what he claimed was its lack of coverage of the HSBC affair - continues to make waves

Oborne announced his resignation as the paper's senior political commentator yesterday with a long article for Open Democracy, in which he accused the paper’s management of suppressing HSBC news coverage for fear of losing advertising revenue.

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