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• Charlie Stross commented on Did somebody just try to buy the British government?
  Ahem: I picked up the story from elsewhere; it's just that the blogger in question works in government and doesn't need the kind of scrutiny they'd be subjected to if I publicly credited them. (I asked.) So don't credit me with the journalistic chops necessary to spot something weird in Hansard off my own bat ......
• https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnuL3o8_vVq7colf7i4NCgtfChpEI3TnHU commented on Did somebody just try to buy the British government?
  http://bit.ly/d7Hgor ZDnet report treasury not interested in deal with foundation x, not even meeting with them. They claim Lord James did not meet with Lord Sassoon or others. My feeling is that he's sane, not lying and the government are throwing him to the wolves. I'm disappointed we may never know the truth about foundation x....
• https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnuL3o8_vVq7colf7i4NCgtfChpEI3TnHU commented on Did somebody just try to buy the British government?
  That does make more sense than any other explanation I've heard so far. If the government was doing a secret and ultimately bad deal the best way to break it is just put the spotlight on it. If that's the case Lord James would have known they'd throw him to the wolves for it. A lot of people would probably stand to gain in such a situation by selling out the country....
• Charlie Stross commented on Did somebody just try to buy the British government?
  Fixed. (They were posted while I was driving up the M1 -- not a time at which I'm busy monitoring my blog!)...
• Charlie Stross commented on Did somebody just try to buy the British government?
  Actually, as this discussion has petered out except for the spammers, I'm closing the topic now. Thanks for all the fish, and goodbye!...