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The collapse of Greensill Capital isn’t just a lobbying scandal. The total cost to the British taxpayer could easily reach 1 billion pounds ($1.4 billion), in particular because of state support for companies owned by Greensill’s biggest client, Sanjeev Gupta’s sprawling GFG Alliance.
Much of the political opprobrium has been directed at former Prime Minister David Cameron, who worked for one-time billionaire Lex Greensill after leaving Downing Street. But there are questions to ask north of the border, too: In Scotland there’s more than reputations, or even taxpayer money, at stake.
The ruling Scottish National Party has pitched the May 6 election
