Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/1999/01/08/and_while_were/

And while we're on the subject of pre and post sleaze

What's happened to the £50 million Siemens owes us and Mandelson?

By Hamish McAfee

Posted in On-Prem, 8th January 1999 00:48 GMT

When Pete Mandelson got the job as minister in charge of the Departure of Trade and Industry, this august organ quizzed his spin doctor Zebedee (it's true!) about when Britain could expect Siemens to repay the £50 million what we tax payers spent. We're still waiting for an answer on that point, despite cafuffles about spin dottores....Please, DTI, give us a call and sort it...