Greensill: The Scandal that Exposed a PM's Greed
The Bunker – News without the nonsense
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🗓️ 18 August 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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| 1:13.5 | There is a deepening suspicion that politicians are out to serve themselves and not the country, |
| 1:18.8 | said David Cameron in 2010, adding that the culture of excessive lobbying and quiet words in Minister's ears |
| 1:26.7 | was threatening to do even more damage to the battered reputation of Parliament, and it was the next |
| 1:32.4 | big scandal waiting to happen. |
| 1:34.4 | Well, he was right. What he didn't seem to foresee is that he would be at the center of that |
| 1:39.8 | scandal. My guest today is the financial journalist Duncan Mavin. After reporting on the rise and |
| 1:46.1 | fall of Greensill capital for several years, Duncan has now written The Pyramid of Lies, a book of this extraordinary story. |
| 1:56.1 | I know the term is overused, but if anything ever deserved the title Exposay, This Does. |
| 2:03.4 | And he's here to talk to us about it. |
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