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Cameron and the toxic banker (Pt 6): Questions and Answers

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🗓️ 28 May 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

We've been following the story of how a now disgraced financier, Lex Greensill, wormed his way into the upper echelons of David Cameron's government. Earlier this month, the two men at the heart of the affair appeared in front of parliamentary committees to answer questions about the lobbying scandal that engulfed Westminster. What did we learn?

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Guest: Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Correspondent for The Sunday Times.

Host: David Aaronovitch.

Clips used: Parliament TV, Sky News.



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0:00.0

And finally, there they were.

0:03.6

Thank you very much, David Cameron, pretty good to be with you.

0:07.2

My name is Lex Greensell.

0:09.2

Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this important hearing.

0:13.9

When financier Lex Greensell and former Prime Minister David Cameron

0:17.6

appeared before two House of Commons select committees recently

0:20.7

to answer questions, it was the first time either had spoken publicly about the affair.

0:26.4

His claim is that when he was lobbying for it at the soft pandemic,

0:30.0

you know, he really didn't know that it was in a pickle.

0:32.7

And that slightly trained creduity.

0:35.5

So what did we learn when the two men at the centre of a scandal

0:39.3

finally came out into the open?

0:41.4

You're listening to stories of our times and the times and the Sunday times.

0:44.5

I'm David Ronovich.

0:46.4

Today Cameron and the toxic banker part six, questions and answers.

0:52.4

Leaving more questions.

0:57.2

As listeners know, we at Stories of Our Times have been following the story

1:01.2

of the Greencill affair.

1:02.8

How an unknown banker dazzled the top civil servant was helicoptered into

1:07.6

Downing Street and got his big idea to help speed up payments to suppliers

1:12.4

supply chain finance commissioned by the government.

1:15.7

We heard how, with his company about to go bust last year,

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