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Taxpayers’ money and venture capital don’t mix

The government’s latest scheme is better than the last one but not by much.

Tim Hunter Fri, 28 Jun 2019

A bloke down the pub swears this is the text of a letter received by a senior person in the government in the first quarter of this year.

“Dear Most Honourable Citizen,” it reads, “My name is Sir Galahad Fruitbat, QC, and it is my utmost pleasure to be representing a unique and completely

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