John Smith wrote on Nov 4
th, 2021 at 5:44pm:
There is a difference between requiring approval for the next stage, and cancelling the contract
Do you want me to copy and paste the cancellation the GUARDIAN reported on here as well?
Just for you -
"Australia told French submarine firm it didn’t have green light to proceed hours before deal cancelled"
"The Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, has said he informed the French president, Emmanuel Macron, of the decision to terminate the contract a few hours later – about 8.35pm Canberra time (12.35pm, Paris time).
Morrison said he had been unable to secure a call “and so I directly messaged him Australia’s decision in a personal correspondence”. French officials have suggested that Morrison’s office made only half-hearted efforts to inform Macron of its decision beforehand."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/oct/02/australia-told-french-sub...Of course French spies, you know they have them in Australia don't you, would have been all over it, because Canberra leaks like a sieve. So Macraroon could have made himself scarce knowing what was going to happen. Then he has plausible deniability.
As I posted on the other thread - how long a lead time should he have given them?