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Ali says, having listened to Cameron’s evidence, people will be alarmed by the way Cameron allowed himself to be used, bringing the office of former PM into disrepute. He should have been much more careful about due diligence, she says.
Cameron says that he takes “a different view”. He worked for the company because he thought it had a good product, and he did due due diligence, he says.
From the BBC’s business editor Simon Jack
Cameron very keen to stress repeatedly that he made no lending or risk decisions – essentially saying I was there to knock on doors. His due diligence on what he was selling seems to have been largely satisfied by the decision of General Atlantic to invest in Greensill.
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