BBC journalists top influence league

Chris Wheal
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Tweet by Robert Peston, reads: Why markets want eurozone banks doped up to the eyeballs, but why that solves not very much
Tweet by Robert Peston, reads: Why markets want eurozone banks doped up to the eyeballs, but why that solves not very much

Seven of the top ten financial influencers on Twitter are journalists, with the BBC leading the field with four of those, according to a league table compiled for the UK's leading accountancy body, the ICAEW.

Not a single government minister or official source is in the top ten – though Labour leader Ed Miiband makes it in at No 8. The head of the International Monetary Fund is only 11th.

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