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Venezuela Cash Watch 1/9/08

September 1st, 2008 5 Comments

Thanks to Mr. Darling’s masterful intervention over the weekend the pound has again plummeted.  Therefore the $32m annually that Boris has rejected due to his scrapping of the Venezuela deal is now worth:
£17,754,106
or about 9% more than when Boris took over.
The oil price is only about $5/barrel more, but with the fall in the value [...]

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Another £7 million bites the dust

August 4th, 2008 1 Comment

Assuming this news release from the previous Mayor is accurate, it appears Boris’s wasted money account has notched up another £7m.
Boris Johnson has been forced to give £7 million back to Venezuela following his decision to cancel the Agreement between Ken Livingstone and the Venezuelan government which exchanged cheap diesel for technical advice and assistance [...]

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