Maya Forstater

@MForstater @alieholder @DiarmidOS It's entirely your right to question FT accuracy. Do let us know if you make progress there.

@alexcobham @alieholder @DiarmidOS avoidance of $2bn on $6.9bn mining exports seems large to accept on hearsay, even if it was in the FT

@MForstater @alexcobham @alieholder @DiarmidOS Maya, it is worth raising this with @FT. What is their source?

@vijramachandran @MForstater @alexcobham for some reason this argument has just popped up in my timeline. Multiple sources for Sampa quote.

@martinhearson @vijramachandran @alexcobham right, but is one politician saying something the same as a 'government estimate'

@MForstater @vijramachandran @alexcobham it'd be nice to have more to go on than a throw away remark, but the remark is there nonetheless

@martinhearson @alexcobham I agree he said it. But it is unfeasibly big , basis never published or backed up & not a govt estimate

@MForstater @alexcobham @vijramachandran i happen to think that the finance minister of Zambia is a better authority on this than you or me