Oh dear, this Government can't even bribe someone properly:
Nissan was offered secret state aid to cope with Brexit, minister concedes
Quote:
The business secretary has been forced to admit the existence of a previously secret package of state aid to Nissan that could have been worth up to £80m had the carmaker gone ahead with plans to manufacture a new model X-Trail in Sunderland after Brexit.
Greg Clark released a letter dated October 2016 in which he pledged tens of millions of taxpayer support and promised the Japanese company it would not be “adversely affected” after the UK left the EU.
Yet, at the time the commitments were first made, Downing Street had said “there was no special deal for Nissan” and Clark refused six times to answer a question about what was on offer when interviewed on the BBC. He even appeared to suggest no money was involved. Asked on BBC One’s Question Time about the deal, he said: “There’s no chequebook. I don’t have a chequebook.”
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As this seems to be true, lying to the public (repeatedly) would, in the past, be seen as a certain case for resigning. No more it seems.
The Tory party is a long way from the
One Nation Conservatism of its roots. It has become a grubby shadow of its former self.