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Will Gordon Brown reopen the inquiry into the multi-billion arms deal between BAE and Saudi Arabia by June?

Settled as No

On the 10th of April, the UK high court ruled that the Serious Fraud Squad had acted unlawfully in dropping the corruption investigation into BAe's £43 billion deal with Saudi Arabia. Tony Blair had ordered that the SFO drop the investigation citing national security concerns. However Gordon Brown promised last July to restore trust in politics, so here is his big chance. Will he reopen this Pandora's box?
BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7341925.stm
OurKingdom: http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2008/03/12/attorney-general-to-get-power-to-halt-criminal-investigations/
 
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No
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Settled as No on Tue 1st Jul 6:09am PDT
All questions are settled by Hubdub according to settlement info provided by the question creator.

Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source. This question will be settled yes if the UK government announces it will reopen the BAE/Saudi inquiry or opens a new inquiry before the end of June 2008.

Suspend date: Mon 30th Jun 4:59pm PDT

Settlement date: Tue 1st Jul 6:09am PDT

Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Mon 30th Jun 4:59pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 20%

Action history:

Created Fri 11th Apr 1:56am PDT by nigeleccles[Admin]
Edited Fri 11th Apr 4:23am PDT by andrew
Suspended Mon 30th Jun 4:59pm PDT : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Tue 1st Jul 1:44am PDT by orlin: No reports that this occured.
Settled as 'No' Tue 1st Jul 6:09am PDT by lesley[Admin]: No reports of this happening
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Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source. This question will be settled yes if the UK government announces it will reopen the BAE/Saudi inquiry or opens a new inquiry before the end of June 2008.... read all

 

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There's no way he will. Too much is at stake for Britain and we have been effectively held to ransom by the Saudi's
posted 18 weeks ago

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