@Patch@feddit.uk to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish • 9 months agoDavid Cameron denies £10m payment from Greensill Capitalwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkDavid Cameron denies £10m payment from Greensill Capitalwww.bbc.co.uk@Patch@feddit.uk to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-square@fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilink11•9 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-square@perviouslyiner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•9 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.