Michael Howard, the former Conservative Party Leader, must have chance to clear up Soma's Somalia oil row
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:28 am
Scrutiny: Soma Oil & Gas, the company chaired by former Tory leader Michael Howard, is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office Lucy Young/Rex
It’s not always easy getting a straight answer out of Michael Howard.
Ask Jeremy Paxman, who famously asked him 12 times if he had threatened to overrule the boss of the prison service.
The former leader of the Conservative party was similarly tricky to pin down more recently when questioned by journalists about a letter he wrote to the government minister Michael Fallon in his new guise as a chairman of Somali oil company Soma Oil & Gas.
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It’s not always easy getting a straight answer out of Michael Howard.
Ask Jeremy Paxman, who famously asked him 12 times if he had threatened to overrule the boss of the prison service.
The former leader of the Conservative party was similarly tricky to pin down more recently when questioned by journalists about a letter he wrote to the government minister Michael Fallon in his new guise as a chairman of Somali oil company Soma Oil & Gas.
Full story
http://www.standard.co.uk/business/jim- ... 17796.html