• fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
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    10 months ago

    “£10m? No, definitely not. They paid me £9,999,989.59 precisely so I could avoid this type of question.”

    “Separately, an unrelated, partially-owned-arms-length-subsidiary company paid me a completely unrelated £10.41”

    “I repeat that I definitely and honestly did not receive £10m.”

    “I only have to answer the question ‘yes’ if you guess the exact number, to the penny”.

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      10 months ago

      Need to keep track of the currencies in this article! It says £8.2m, which the reporter helpfully explains in brackets would be about $10m, but then quotes a politician asking about £10m.