Refugee charity chosen by a Celebrity Traitors winner to receive £41,500 of BBC prize money has accused Israel of 'genocide'
The Choose Love pop-up store on Regent Street, whose funds from Sebastian Croft's prize will go "predominantly" to queer refugees, according to the actor.Claudia Winkleman with Faithfuls Romesh Ranganathan and Sebastian Croft. James Blunt handed the pair their win by voting for a further banishment after the Traitors had already been eliminated.
Choose Love, which campaigns under the slogan 'Palestinians are still experiencing a genocide', will receive £41,500 — half of actor Sebastian Croft's £41,500 share of the £83,000 Celebrity Traitors prize pot. The charity also signed an open letter, backed by Gary Lineker, demanding the Government ban arms sales to Israel. Croft, 24, said he chose it because of its work with 'queer refugees and displaced people'.
Choose Love previously funded legal costs for Asylum Aid's failed High Court challenge against the Rwanda deportation scheme.
Sadiq Khan has publicly defended the winners' charity choices, wading into the row on the side of Ranganathan and Croft.
