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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on November 09, 2017, 06:07:21 PM

Title: 2bn to an oil company...
Post by: Nearly Sane on November 09, 2017, 06:07:21 PM

Meanwhile people freeze to death.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/11/09/uk-hands-saudi-aramco-2bn-loan-listing-battle-drags/
Title: Re: 2bn to an oil company...
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on November 09, 2017, 06:29:55 PM
Apparently some woman wanted to give money to a foreign army.
Title: Re: 2bn to an oil company...
Post by: Nearly Sane on November 09, 2017, 06:33:32 PM
Apparently some woman wanted to give money to a foreign army.
Is the sex of the person relevant?
Title: Re: 2bn to an oil company...
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on November 09, 2017, 07:03:02 PM
Is the sex of the person relevant?
No although it seems that some men were keen to receive the money.
Title: Re: 2bn to an oil company...
Post by: Nearly Sane on November 09, 2017, 07:18:06 PM
No although it seems that some men were keen to receive the money.
So no.
Title: Re: 2bn to an oil company...
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on November 09, 2017, 07:19:46 PM
I think I said no.
Title: Re: 2bn to an oil company...
Post by: Nearly Sane on November 09, 2017, 07:28:54 PM
I think I said no.
So the some women phrase   is irrelevant
Title: Re: 2bn to an oil company...
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on November 09, 2017, 07:44:20 PM
So the some women phrase   is irrelevant
I think that's what I said.......twice.
Title: Re: 2bn to an oil company...
Post by: Nearly Sane on November 09, 2017, 07:59:36 PM
I think that's what I said.......twice.
So why mention it in the first place?
Title: Re: 2bn to an oil company...
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on November 09, 2017, 08:19:00 PM
So why mention it in the first place?
Had it been a man I would have said man or possibly laddy.
Title: Re: 2bn to an oil company...
Post by: jeremyp on November 10, 2017, 01:25:49 AM
Meanwhile people freeze to death.
Well, I think the idea is that the country makes more than £ 2 billion back.

It does look an awful lot like a bribe though.
Title: Re: 2bn to an oil company...
Post by: Robbie on November 10, 2017, 01:08:46 PM
Apparently some woman wanted to give money to a foreign army.

I presume you mean Theresa May, can't think of any other woman.
Title: Re: 2bn to an oil company...
Post by: Nearly Sane on November 10, 2017, 01:11:52 PM
I presume you mean Theresa May, can't think of any other woman.
I think Vlad was talking about Priti Patel here.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41904459