Patch to UK PoliticsEnglish · 6 months agoDavid Cameron denies £10m payment from Greensill Capitalwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkDavid Cameron denies £10m payment from Greensill Capitalwww.bbc.co.ukPatch to UK PoliticsEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squarefakeman_pretendnamelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·6 months ago“£10m? No, definitely not. They paid me £9,999,989.59 precisely so I could avoid this type of question.” “Separately, an unrelated, partially-owned-arms-length-subsidiary company paid me a completely unrelated £10.41” “I repeat that I definitely and honestly did not receive £10m.” “I only have to answer the question ‘yes’ if you guess the exact number, to the penny”.
minus-squareperviouslyiner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoNeed to keep track of the currencies in this article! It says £8.2m, which the reporter helpfully explains in brackets would be about $10m, but then quotes a politician asking about £10m.
“£10m? No, definitely not. They paid me £9,999,989.59 precisely so I could avoid this type of question.”
“Separately, an unrelated, partially-owned-arms-length-subsidiary company paid me a completely unrelated £10.41”
“I repeat that I definitely and honestly did not receive £10m.”
“I only have to answer the question ‘yes’ if you guess the exact number, to the penny”.
Need to keep track of the currencies in this article! It says £8.2m, which the reporter helpfully explains in brackets would be about $10m, but then quotes a politician asking about £10m.