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Why the David Cameron lobbying scandal isn't going away

Daily Politics from the New Statesman

The New Statesman

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4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss what the Greensill lobbying scandal means for British politics, and why the problem isn't going away. Then, in You Ask Us, they take your questions on the national response to the death of Prince Philip: is modern Britain ready for the death of Queen Elizabeth II?


Plus: introducing our new Scottish election special episodes, hosted by New Statesman Scotland Editor, Chris Deerin.


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Hi, I'm Anouche, I'm Alper, and I'm Steven, and on today's new statement podcast, we discussed

1:34.4

the green sill lobbying scandal and you ask us whether our national morning protocols

1:38.8

are up to date for modern Britain.

1:46.6

The green sill lobbying scandal is rumbling on, David Cameron has finally released a statement

1:52.8

about the accusations against him and his position working for green sill capital and the closeness

1:58.6

of Lex Green sill to his government and the lobbying that has taken place since.

2:05.6

Steven, what does his statement say if we learn anything new from it?

2:08.8

So his statement essentially says, I haven't acted unlawfully, which, I mean, I just feel

2:14.6

if I had been advising David Cameron on his PR, I wouldn't have led off with those laws

2:18.1

and I wrote, I didn't break them, but he does have lessons to learn.

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