#Greensill

Sebastian Payne

SebastianEPayne

Darren Tierney, head of propriety and ethics, says Lex Greensill was an unpaid advisor to the government on supply chain finance from January 2012 to January 2015. He also became

Re David Cameron’s Greensill shares-Our reporting revealed he was given options worth ~1% of Greensill-Last year, G tried to raise $ at $7bn “pre-IPO” valuation-Thus we refer to shares that

Bridget Phillipson

Today I asked Rishi Sunak why he was freezing pay for people in our public services while giving Greensill the run of Whitehall.The Chancellor found it easier to defend the

Bridget Phillipson

The Greensill story is complex and confusing. But the Chancellor’s text messages released tonight make it very simple - a little thread: 2. This is about Rishi Sunak intervening to

More Cameron lobbying alert: Treasury Permanent Secretary Tom Scholar tells Public Accounts Committee he was contacted by the former Prime Minister personally about Greensill in March/April 2020. He contacted him

BREAKING: David Cameron publishes text messages to the Senior Treasury officials that describe him:“Riding to the rescue with supply chain finance” ....in rather chummy tones #Greensill BREAKING: David Cameron’s published

And this is why 'VIP lanes' and special pleading have no place in an economy crisis or no crisis - because they encourage inefficient company special pleading and reduce innovation.

Da fuck?!https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/david-cameron-lobbied-no-10-and-hancock-for-greensill-nht3x2c5z@MattHancock, Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of @NHSEngland, and @didoharding, Chair of #NHSImprovement (now merged with #NHSE) in #c

#LandIsNotProperty Mwalimu Wandia

This wasn't a joke. A history of women being sidelined in imperial institutions has made some women justify manipulation as "women's power." It's not power but powerlessness. Yano was saying

Best for Britain

This govt’s been hit by multiple controversies recently over its standards and transparency. We want democracy to be something you do - not something you have done to you. So

PlungeProtectionTeam

All these $CS Archegos Cassandras and gazillion headlines and barely 70bps hit to CET1... Ends 1Q21 at 12.2% CET1.. will go to 13% again soon post MTN raise on April

Robert Saunders

When Gladstone reformed the civil service in 1854, abolishing ministerial patronage, critics called it "an immense stride" towards democracy. They were right: which is why scandals like Greensill, and the

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL

One of the reasons Brexit happened is that @David_Cameron did not want ‘blue on blue’ attacks as he thought after Remain won the Tories would have to come back together

We finally have the total cost of the Archegos disaster for Credit Suisse: 4.4bn CHF.There is one question I get A LOT: how is it possible that Credit Suisse took

New Ipsos MORI poll shows only a 3 point Tory lead. "Tories down five!" However, one should really look at the fieldwork dates before getting too excitedhttps://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/conservatives-five-points-labour-opinion-p

Who wants another thread about the absurdity of risk management in the financial sector? (The crowd goes wild, it’s #RiskManagementMonth #Archegos) There is a crucial concept in risk management: a