Daily: SORTED FOR SLEAZE AND BIZ – Inside the Greensill omniscandal

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 24 April 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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From Cameron to cabinet, the Greensill Capital scandal has spiralled into corruption chaos. But now numerous instances of shady practice are joining hands. Special guests Cynthia O’Murchú and Andy Bounds who cover Greensill and more for the Financial Times join us to connect the dots between Greensill, Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG/Liberty Steel empire and the surprise approval of a new deep coal mine in Cumbria. What’s really going on and how do we fix it? “The transparency rules don’t work. Where are you supposed to log a private drink with Matt Hancock?” – Cynthia O’Murchú “We call it the Private Eye test. Would you want to see this in the paper?” – Andy Bounds “I’ve lost count of how many inquiries there have been into Greensill’s connections with government.” – Cynthia O’Murchú “Cameron wasn’t shy about Greensill. He touted them as the future of Government finance. But his involvement has become tawdry.” – Andy Bounds “Transparency rules didn’t reveal these meetings, it was the ABSENCE of transparency.” – Cynthia O’Murchú “If a Civil Servant is already working for a private company when they leave government, they don’t have to declare the new job. That is gobsmacking.” – Alex Andreou Presented by Alex Andreou. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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