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Zack Polanski falsely claimed to be British Red Cross spokesperson, charity says
(www.theguardian.com)
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I've never seen him claim to be a spokesperson for them and he doesn't claim to be one in the example in the article. Not saying he didn't, but if he did then it's poor journalism not quoting it in the article.
He addressed this in his interview on the Today programme this morning - interview starts at 2h16m, this is the first question - he admitted that he shouldn't have used that word to describe himself in that way.